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Old July 21, 2010, 10:00 AM
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Yo soy 56 años de edad.
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Yo soy 56 años de edad.
Yo soy de la tercera edad.

Hey Chileno this is without offending you only that the phrase sound more nature.

Yo soy de la segunda decada.
I'm a younger boy.
I'm a old man.

We're agree?

I hope your announcement soon.
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Old July 21, 2010, 01:12 PM
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Yo son de la tercera edad.

Hey Chileno this is without offending you only that the phrase sound more nature.

Yo soy de la segunda decada.
I'm a younger boy.
I'm a old man.

We're agree?

I hope your announcement soon.
No, yo estoy hablando del problema que jamlech está pasando con el verbo to be y los verbos ser/tener en castellano.
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Old July 21, 2010, 01:50 PM
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I got it.
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Old July 21, 2010, 05:08 PM
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Just to clarify for beginners: "Yo soy 56 años" is a wrong sentence, which chileno might have wanted to use just to underline the difference of use between "to be" in English and "tener" in Spanish.

In Spanish, the age is not about how old (an adjective) a person is, but about the age (a noun), which is a characteristic that is not inherent to the subject.

-- ¿Qué edad tienes? (How old are you?)
-- Tengo 20 años. (I'm 20 years old.)

Juan es joven.
Juan is young.

El árbol del jardín es viejo. -> El árbol del jardín tiene 100 años.
The tree in the garden is old. -> The tree in the garden is 100 years old.
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Thanks angelica and tomisimo...your replies have helped me alot.
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Old July 21, 2010, 07:27 PM
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Just to clarify for beginners: "Yo soy 56 años" is a wrong sentence, which chileno might have wanted to use just to underline the difference of use between "to be" in English and "tener" in Spanish.

In Spanish, the age is not about how old (an adjective) a person is, but about the age (a noun), which is a characteristic that is not inherent to the subject.

-- ¿Qué edad tienes? (How old are you?)
-- Tengo 20 años. (I'm 20 years old.)

Juan es joven.
Juan is young.

El árbol del jardín es viejo. -> El árbol del jardín tiene 100 años.
The tree in the garden is old. -> The tree in the garden is 100 years old.
El chiste es que la gente se interese...

En todo caso traté de darle "color" a tu respuesta.
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Old July 23, 2010, 07:45 PM
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El chiste es que la gente se interese...

En todo caso traté de darle "color" a tu respuesta.
Very creative your answer Chileno.

You have the Picardia Mexicana.
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