In the languages of my ancestors, for example, if someone was 14 years old, they would be “14 år gammal” in Swedish (14 years old) and “14 Jahre alt” in German (14 years old), but in Italian, they would say “ho 14 anni” (I have 14 years).

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    15 hours ago

    In Hebrew you say “I am the child of X years”

    אני בן\בת ארבע עשרה

    Also the language is horrifically gendered. It’s not my first language, but I know a bit