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Karima-19

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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.


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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.


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

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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?
 

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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)".
 

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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."
 

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

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