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by looofooo0 724 days ago
Meanwhile, I walked 1km to Kindergarten on my own with 51/2 in Germany.
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What does 51/2 mean?
Maybe they meant 5.5 years old

I see a lot of European languages will say "I have X years" where English says "I am X years old". French at least

Specifying the unit for human age feels a bit formal in German. The unitless number is colloquially used like an adjective: "I am X".
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense in context.