"Lei è giovane ed io sono vecchio."

Translation: She is young and I am old.

[coriolano77]

Anziano is more polite, but vecchio can also be used for people. A famous example is "il vecchio e il mare" (The Old Man and the Sea)

[margrankin]

Anziano is pretty much "senior" as used in the US, or "ηλικιωμένος" in Greek.

[shanoodle]

Please help. My Sicilian friend says that people aren't old, they are anziana/o. She says that only items or objects get the vecchio/a adjective.

[RaymondWil20]

I agree completely! My teachers at Parliamo Italiano stressed this. They would say " mal educato a usare quella parola

[shy_in_nature]

My friend from Napoli calls me vecchio all the time lol

[MartinOlsv]

This my darling, I've been told.

[deactivated user]

Came here to see this comment, you made my day, thanks! :)

[sharkbbb]

Paul Anka - Diana

[piano.z]

said Hugh Hefner

[0fabe0]

Hm. Am I correct in thinking "and" here could have been "e", but is "ed" to avoid similar-sounding vowels after each other?

[manonpb]

yep!

[Chi.Unit]

A harsh reality

[Rita248173]

Why ed and not e.

[Timluard]

the 'ed' is swallowed by the reader so it's almost impossible to hear

[Quazar]

Wow this sentence is so fitting for my life!

[Rosa.Spinelli87]

Better to say anziano.

[Saro949670]

Am I the only one that thinks that the pacing of this sentence is a bit... odd?

[JuergenZirak]

If pacing means the rhythm of speech and here in particular the fact that there seems to be no break before "ed", but a noticeable one before "sono", then: No, I also found that somewhat strange.

[Excuse_me_wtf]

Sounds like a start of a loli anime

[Derek3262]

It will end in tears!

[Ireen427106]

My answer was correct