Learn English – meaning of “I was ten”

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"I was ten years old"
What is the meaning of the above sentence??
Does it mean that I was ten years and my eleventh year is running? or I am 10 years completed?

Best Answer

Yes:

  • In your first year of life you are zero years old;
  • In your second year of life you are one year old;
  • In your third year of life you are two years old;

And so on. If someone says "I was ten years old", they're referring to a time when they were in their eleventh year of life.

(Note that people rarely say "zero years old"; instead, they usually talk about younger children in smaller units such as weeks or months. People also rarely say things like "in my eleventh year of life"; instead, they say things like "when I was ten years old".)

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