Telling Your Age
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🏅 Basic English — Done!One of the first things people ask when they meet someone new is: How old are you? Knowing how to tell your age in English is one of the most basic and important skills for any beginner. In this paragraph, you will practice real age sentences in English, with complete Urdu and Hindi translation so you understand every word clearly.
In English, there is one simple rule for telling your age: always use the verb to be and not to have. This confuses many Urdu and Hindi speakers because in Urdu we say meri umar pachaas saal hai which means my age is fifty - and that is actually close to how English works too.
The correct English sentence is: I am fifty years old. You can also say just I am fifty - both are correct and natural. What you must never say is I have fifty years - this is the most common mistake that Urdu and Hindi speakers make in English, and now you know how to avoid it.
Here are the most important sentence patterns for telling and asking about age in English. These are the same sentences used in the paragraph above, so you can practice them with the audio button:
Telling your own age: I am twenty-two years old. / I am twenty-two. / I am 22.
Asking someone age: How old are you? - This is the most natural and common question in English. You can also say What is your age? but How old are you sounds more natural in conversation.
Telling someone else age: My brother is eighteen years old. / My sister is fourteen.
Notice that the pattern is always the same: Subject + am/is/are + number + years old. Once you remember this pattern, you can use it for any age and any person.
Here are the key English words from this paragraph with their Urdu meanings to help you remember them:
age (عمر) - how old someone is | years old (سال کا / سال کی) - the phrase used after a number to tell age | factory (فیکٹری) - a place where goods are made | growing up (بڑے ہونا) - becoming older | smiled (مسکرایا) - past tense of smile | fast (تیزی سے) - quickly.
In English, asking someone age is usually fine in casual conversation, especially between people of similar age. The most common and simple way is: How old are you? If you want to sound more polite - for example when talking to a teacher or an elder - you can say: May I ask how old you are? or Can I ask your age? These polite forms are not common in everyday student conversations, but good to know as you progress.
The best way to learn these sentences is to say them about yourself and your own family. Try these right now - say them out loud in English. Say your own age: I am blank years old. Now say your mother age: My mother is blank years old. Now say your father age: My father is blank years old. This kind of personal practice is much more powerful than memorizing example sentences, because you are using real information from your own life.
After you speak, press the audio button on this page and listen to the paragraph. Then try to speak along with the audio. This is how you train your mouth to say English age sentences naturally and correctly.
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