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Breakdown of 〜sai
age
歳
You stop next to a small dog and ask him what age he is.
Usages of 〜sai
私 は 四十歳 です。watashi wa yonjussai desu.
I am 40 years old.
一歳issai
one year old
二歳nisai
two years old
三歳sansai
three years old
四歳yonsai
four years old
五歳gosai
five years old
六歳rokusai
six years old
七歳nanasai
seven years old
八歳hassai
eight years old
九歳kyuusai
nine years old
十歳jussai
ten years old
二十歳hatachi
twenty years old
何歳nansai
how many years old
もうすぐ 四十歳 に なります。mousugu yonjussai ni narimasu.
Before long I'll turn forty.
三十歳sanjussai
thirty years old
十 一歳juu issai
eleven years old
彼女 は、 五十歳 ぐらい です。
彼女 は、 五十歳 ごろ です。
kanojo wa, gojussai gurai desu.kanojo wa, gojussai goro desu.
She's about fifty years old.
彼 の お婆さん は 九十歳 です。kare no obaasan wa kyuujussai desu.
His grandmother is 90 years old.
祖父 は 七十歳 で 亡くなった。sofu wa nanajussai de nakunatta.
My grandfather passed away at the age of seventy.
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