year old/ years old

[Karima-19]

Hello!

Usually we say: "I am 5 year-old" (often when we talk about children)
"I am 20 years-old (often when we talk about adults)

Please could you tell me what's the difference, since the number 5 is plural why don't we say 5 years, instead of 5 year.


Thanks

[riquecohen]

Hello!

Usually we say: "I am 5 year-old" (often when we talk about children)
"I am 20 years-old (often when we talk about adults)

Please could you tell me what's the difference, since the number 5 is plural why don't we say 5 years, instead of 5 year.


Thanks

We do say "I am X years old" no matter what number we put in.

[Karima-19]

We do say "I am X years old" no matter what number we put in.

Do you mean I say "yearS old" in both forms adjective & verb construct? I guess there is a difference sir and that's what I'm asking for?

[bhaisahab]

Do you mean I say "yearS old" in both forms adjective & verb construct? I guess there is a difference sir and that's what I'm asking for?

We say "I am five/5 years old" or "I am a five year old (child)".

[Karima-19]

We say "I am five/5 years old" or "I am a five year old (child)".

Okey! Thanks

[bhaisahab]

Okay! Thanks

Bhai.

[Barb_D]

Just a note: A five-year-old child would get hyphens. (So would a fifty-year-old man.) The words with the hyphens work together to describe "child."

[Rover_KE]

Karima, please see the Similar Threads at the bottom of the page.

Rover