July 9, 2007

How old are you?

Phrases below are asking your age.

Toshi wa ikutsu desuka.
toshi : year, age
ikutsu : how many, how old
desu : is
ka : makes the sentence interrogative with being attached at the end of the sentence
Toshi wa ikutsu desuka : age, how many, is ? : How old are you ?

Anata wa nansai desuka .
anata : you
nan : what
sai : years old
nansai : how old
Anata wa nansai desuka : you, how old, is ? : How old are you?

Anata no nenrei wa ikutsu desuka .
nenrei : age
Anata no nenrei wa ikutsu desuka. : your age, how many, is? : What is your age?

5 comments:

Unknown said...

a difference between nansai and ikutsu or are they interchangeble?

Unknown said...

Alexander:

Nansai is actually used when you want to ask someone their age, basically: nansai = how old?

Ikutsu is used when you're couting things or/and when you want to know how many ex. cookies there are. So ikutsu = how much/many?

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ULeth Nihongo said...

Great breakdown of how to say these. However, one would NEVER use "anata" like this. It's rude especially when speaking to people you don't know. You would use the name+san. OR, if you didn't know it, you would just say "oikutsu desu ka"?

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