old/young



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Language Phrase [Transliteration]
French vieux-vieil (m.);vieille (f.)/jeune (m.,f.)
German alt/jung
Italian vecchio/giovane
Brazilian Portuguese velho(a) /jovem
Spanish viejo(a)/joven
Arabic كبير/صغير [kabiir/Saghiir]
Chinese 年老年轻 [niánlǎo/niánqīng]
Japanese 年をとっている/若い [toshi o totteiru/wakai]
Korean 늙다, 오래 되다/젊다, 어리다 [neuk-ta, olae toe-da/cjeom-ta, eo-ri-da]
Greek γέρος/νέος [GHE-ros/NE-os]
Hebrew זקן/צעיר [zaken/tze’ir]
Russian старый / молодой [staryi / molodoi]
Dutch oud/jong
Polish młody/stary (masc)

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