Starost in življenska obdobja = Age and Life Stages

1. ELEMENTARY LEVEL

1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– old = star
– older, oldest = starejši, najstarejši
– young = mlad
– younger, youngest = mlajši, najmlajši
– elderly* = starejši
* Rabljeno v povezavi s starejšim prebivalstvom kot vljudnejši, bolj spoštljiv izraz za »old«.

1.2. Phrases = Fraze

– Tony is 5 (years old). = Tony je star 5 let.
– Kate is very young, but Jenny is (even) younger. = Kate je zelo mlada, toda Jenny je (še) mlajša.
– John is older than me. = John je starejši od mene.
– My grandfather is the oldest person I know. = Moj stari oče je najstarejši človek, kar jih poznam.
– You should be kind to elderly people. = Do starejših ljudi moraš biti prijazen.

2. PRE-INTERMEDIATE and INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

2.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– a baby = dojenček
– a toddler = otrok, ki je komaj shodil
– a child, children = otrok, otroci
– childhood = otroštvo
– a teenager = najstnik
– teens = najstniška leta
– adolescence = adolescenca (med okvirno 13. in 17. letom starosti)
– puberty = puberteta
– an adult = a grown-up = odrasla oseba (po približno 18. letu starosti)
– early twenties, early thirties, … = zgodnja dvajseta, zgodnja trideseta, …
– mid-twenties, mid-thirties, … = srednja dvajseta, srednja trideseta, …
– late twenties, late thirties, … = pozna dvajseta, pozna trideseta, …
– middle-aged = srednjih let (med okvirno 40. in 60. letom starosti)
– old age = visoka starost (po približno 75. letu starosti)
– retirement = pokoj
– retired = upokojen
– to grow up = odraščati (He grew up in a small town. = Odraščal je v malem mestu.)
– to grow old = ostareti / starati se (My father is growing old. = Moj oče se stara.)

2.2. Phrases = Fraze

– She is very smart for her age. = Za svojo starost je zelo pametna.
– Luke is my age. = Luke je moje starosti.
– Harry and Sally are both five-year-olds, but they have a four-year-old sister. = Harry in Sally sta petletnika, imata pa štiriletno sestro.
– He could quote Shakespeare even before he reached puberty/adolescence. = Shakespeara je citiral, še preden je prišel v puberteto/adolescenco.
– Jerry is in his fifties and his wife is in her late thirties. = Jerry je v petdesetih in njegova žena je v poznih tridesetih.
– Samantha is in her teens. = Samatha je v najstniških letih.
– Lily spent her childhood with her aunt. = Lily je preživela otroštvo s svojo teto.