Topic: Japanese

"十五さいです。"

Translation:I am fifteen years old.

October 20, 2017

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Andrew-Lin

    十五歳です。(formal) or 十五才です。(common because easy to write).

    October 20, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/googols

      天才(Genius) lol! Sorry for my bad English.
      Also 才 is used by Japanese children 'cause almost Japanese children do not learn 歳 until in middle school. (Japanese children learn 才 when they are 2 Grader)

      Source in Japanese:http://zatsugakuki.blog78.fc2.com/blog-entry-230.html

      October 24, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/bisobo

        The hirgana translation of 歳 is さい? Does 才 has the same pronunciation than 歳?

        February 23, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/JeffMather
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        Yes.

        March 5, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Max49576

          the 'さい' means years so wont be used in simple counting just when referring to age.

          February 8, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/Lily_Trujillo

            I accidentally wrote 14, but it was just marked a typo, luckily.

            July 24, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/RyanOkushi

              For some reason I thought Duo was older than that...

              なぜかDuolingoがもう少し歳だと思ってたんだけど...

              November 21, 2017
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