how old are you
UK/haʊ ˈəʊld ɑː(ɹ)ˌjuː//haʊ ˈoʊld ɑɹ ˌju/
how old are you phrase: asks the age of the interlocutor.
Phrase (1)
how old are you?
- Asks the age of the interlocutor.
- Literally: What is your age in years?
- Used to question the mental age (maturity) of the interlocutor.
- Jack: (laughing at infantile humor)
Jill: How old are you?
- Jack: (laughing at infantile humor)
Phrase (2)
how old are you?
how old are you meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
how old are you in Hindi
- what is your age in years
- आपकी आयु कितनी है āpkī āyu kitnī hai ?, आपकी उम्र कितनी है āpkī umra kitnī hai ?, तुम्हारी आयु कितनी है? tumhārī āyu kitnī hai?, तुम्हारी उम्र कितनी है? tumhārī umra kitnī hai?
how old are you in Tamil
- what is your age in years
- உங்கள் வயது என்ன? uṅkaḷ vayatu eṉṉa?
how old are you in Urdu
- what is your age in years
- آپ کی عُمْر کِتْنی ہَے؟ āp kī 'umr kitnī hai?, تُمْہاری عُمْر کِتْنی ہَے؟ tumhārī 'umr kitnī hai?, آپ کِتْنے سال کے ہو؟ āp kitne sāl ke ho?, آپ کِتْنی سال کی ہَیں؟ āp kitnī sāl kī ha͠i?, تُم کِتْنے سال کے ہو؟ tum kitne sāl ke ho?, تُم کِتْنی سال کی ہو؟ tum kitni sāl ki ho?
how old are you in Bengali
- what is your age in years
- তোমার বয়স কত? tōmar boẏoś kot?
More languagesFewer languages
- how old are you in Telugu
- నీ వయసెంత? nī vayasenta?, మీ వయసెంత? mī vayasenta?
- how old are you in Pashto
- ته څو کلن یې؟ ta śo kalan ye?
- how old are you in Arabic
- كَم عُمْرُكَ؟ kam ʕumruka?, كَم عُمْرُكِ؟ kam ʕumruki?
- how old are you in Myanmar
- အသက် ဘယ်လောက်လဲ။
Origin of how old are you
Word by word translation of Chinese 怎麼老是你？/怎么老是你？ (Zěnme lǎoshì nǐ?, “Why is it always you?”)
Questions about how old are you
- What does how old are you mean?
- How old are you means asks the age of the interlocutor.
- What is how old are you in Hindi?
- How old are you in Hindi is आपकी आयु कितनी है (āpkī āyu kitnī hai ?), आपकी उम्र कितनी है (āpkī umra kitnī hai ?), तुम्हारी आयु कितनी है? (tumhārī āyu kitnī hai?). See How old are you meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is how old are you?
- How old are you is a phrase.
- How do you pronounce how old are you?
- How old are you is pronounced /haʊ ˈəʊld ɑː(ɹ)ˌjuː/ (UK).
Words near how old are you in the dictionary
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