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X歳になる

English translation: X years old now

00:14 Jun 9, 2019
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Japanese term or phrase: X歳になる
Dear ProZ members,

I have a fast question about the X歳になる expression. To me, it means that someone will become X years old in the next future.

私は５月には１６歳になる。
I will be sixteen in May.

However, I happen to find some examples of use where the meaning seems to be different, like:

私には18歳になる名づけ子がいる。
I have a godson who is 18 years old now.

(Taken from https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/"歳になる")

In the second example, according to the translation, the godson is already 18 years old. Is this correct or does the sentence mean that he'll be turning 18 in some months?

Thank you very much!
Riccardo91
Italy
English translation:X years old now
Explanation:
It is correct. The person is already 18 years old. I can see that this is confusing when you look at these two examples side by side. I am not sure if these なる are the same word, or the latter is a short for なっている, or something else.
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Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 14:13
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X years old now


Explanation:
It is correct. The person is already 18 years old. I can see that this is confusing when you look at these two examples side by side. I am not sure if these なる are the same word, or the latter is a short for なっている, or something else.

Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 12
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