"Berapa umur Andi?"

Translation: How old is Andi?

[jess55575]

What is the difference between usia and umur?

[JussiRanta1]

I just made a little bit of research... Usia is a loanword from Sanskrit, umur from Arabic. There’s also an inherited “tahun”, meaning “year.” It's a descendant of Austronesian (or at least Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) *taqun. Examples of other cognates are: in Tagalog “taón”, in Ilocano “tawén”, in Sundanese “taun”, in Malagasy “taona”, in Fijian and Polynesian commonly “tau” (“kau” in Hawaiian, meaning “season”, “lifetime”, and such, “ta’u” in Rapa Nui and Tongan, in Rotuman “fau”).

Is “tahun” a word that is in use? Is it synonymous to, or partially interchangeable with “usia” or “umur?”

EDIT: Now I see we are using “tahun” all the time, often in same sentence as “umur” or “usia”. Getting confused when learning a new language is mind-blowing, being dumb is satisfying!

[akucintaDani]

Usia is more formal, but both are interchangeable

[Suzanne434190]

What age is Andi, wouldbe a more correct translation, wouldn't it?

[yosoyyasi]

what = apa
how much/old = berapa

the answer to berapa would be numerical/a nominal of something

[iMi_Yuzuno]

No, age is umur/usia but it's a noun

[PauloMuffato]

It seems to me that umur and tahun both translate to "years". Gramatically, when should I use one and the other?

[fkaRz]

umur is age

[Emil248727]

Whats the difference between siapa and barapa

[DaphnevanC]

Berapa means how many. Siapa means who.

[iwillstudi]

The true"how old are you? Cause are is you and she use is..

[ig-azd_zda]

Bro I typed Andy instead of Andi doesn't tht count as right tho