Expressing age (joj je...)

QuestionAnswer
centenarian (m)
stogodišnjak
Our grandfather is a hundred years old, he is now a centenarian.
Našem djedu je sto godina, on je sada stogodišnjak.
centenarian (f)
stogodišnjakinja
This female centenarian looks as if she is fifty.
Ova stogodišnjakinja izgleda kao da joj je pedeset.
elephant
slon
Elephants live a long time; this elephant is only sixty years old.
Slonovi žive dugo, ovom slonu je samo šezdeset godina.
oak
hrast
Oaks grow slowly, this oak is three hundred years old.
Hrastovi rastu polako, ovom hrastu je tristo godina.
vital
vitalan
genetics
genetika
Her mother is eighty years old and still vital; that is genetics.
Njezinoj majci je osamdeset godina i još je vitalna; to je genetika.
parrot
papiga
The parrot will be fifty years old tomorrow!
Papigi će sutra biti pedeset godina!
When that old man is a hundred years old, he will become a centenarian.
Kada tom starcu bude sto godina, postat će stogodišnjak.
This man is a hundred years old; his secret is good genetics.
Ovom čovjeku je sto godina; njegova tajna je dobra genetika.
to grow old
ostarjeti
The parrot is sixty years old, but she looks as if she grew old overnight.
Papigi je šezdeset godina, ali izgleda kao da je ostarjela preko noći.
Grandmother is ninety years old, but she is vital as if she is fifty.
Baki je devedeset godina, ali je vitalna kao da joj je pedeset.
When our grandmother is a hundred years old, she will become a female centenarian.
Kada našoj baki bude sto godina, postat će stogodišnjakinja.
longevity
dugovječnost
Elephants and oaks live a long time; longevity is their secret.
Slonovi i hrastovi žive dugo; dugovječnost je njihova tajna.
to turn (an age)
navršiti
Grandfather turned eighty years old yesterday.
Djed je jučer navršio osamdeset godina.
The centenarian is a hundred years old and he just turned a hundred.
Stogodišnjaku je sto godina i upravo je navršio sto.
The elephant is eighty years old and he grew old, but his longevity is known.
Slonu je osamdeset godina i ostario je, ali njegova dugovječnost je poznata.

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