Question

10 POINTS. PLEASE HELP! How is age expressed differently in French than English?

Answer 1

In English, you say « I am _ years old »
In French, you say « j’ai _ ans »
In English, you use the verb « to be » to say your age, but in French you use the verb « avoir » which means to have.

Answer 2

age is explained differently in French than English based on their construction.

Step-by-step explanation:

in French, age= Avoir+ age in French.

in English, Age= to be + the number.

e.g: in English we can say: She is 9.

in French we can't do so . instead we say;

il a cinq ans= He/it is five years old.

in french we focus more on the grammatical construction.

in French =to have+number+what is it you are counting.

Note: that in French we always specify.