有这样一个句子:
What age is he? 他多大年纪?
这个英语句子合理吗?如何回答这个句子呢?回答He is 10 之类的句子肯定没问题,但可以这样回答吗?比如:He is 10 age. / He is 12 age. 等,因为这类句子对数字 10, 12 提问,就刚好可以是:What age is he?
请专家老师指点,谢谢!
▲英语可以说 What age is he? 但更多是说 What is his age?
最常用的说法是:How old is he? 对 What is his age?
相应回答可以说:He is + 基数词 + year / years of age.
或者按如下表达:His age is + 基数词 + year / years.
▲例如:
What is his age ?
He is one year of age. / His age is one year.
What age are you? (张道真主编《现代英语用法词典》修订版 age 词条)
What age is your father? = What is your father's age ? 您父亲多大年纪了?(一般用 How old is your father?)(2008年7月第1版《外研社英汉多功能词典》age 词条)
▲2014年出版的《朗文当代高级英语辞典》第5版 英汉双解版指出:在日常英语中,人们一般用 How old...? 提问,而不用名词 age 。如不用:What age is your brother? 而用:How old is your brother?