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Here the "older" in "my older sister" means that the sister is older than the speaker. However, "my oldest" sister would be with respect to the ages of the other sisters and not the speaker. A speaker aiming for clarity would probably say "the oldest of my 7 sisters". Last edited: Dec 10, 2013.
@TRomano “My older little sister” (for some reason, elder just sounds very strange to me here) would make both points of comparison clear: she’s a little sister, so she’s younger than me; and she’s the older, which means that there is exactly one other little sister who is younger than her. Similarly, “my oldest little sister ...
English - U.S. Aug 24, 2018. #9. I can't think of any instance where I would be likely to hear elder sister instead of big sister in talking about family relations in U.S. English. If I had more than one sister older than me I would call them my oldest sister and my next oldest sister.
We do say "my older sister" and "my younger sister", but there is no phrases for "the 1st, 2d, 3d of my older sisters". Birth order is rarely mentioned. For example, if you have three older sisters (Judy, Katy, Lily) all these expressions are common: My sister Katy, my sister Lily, my older sister Katy, my older sister Lily, my sister Judy, my ...
0. Basically, they are the same, but there is a slight difference in their meaning. When referring to someone who is older than you in your family or someone who has a close relationship with you, you should use "elder". The usual comparative and superlative forms of old are older and oldest: • My brother is older than me.
Among the visiting family members was my sister, elder than me by four years. Among the visiting family members was my sister, older than me by four years. As suggested in the comments, you can further improve the brevity quotient of the sentence through the use of parentheses: Among the visiting family members was my sister (four years my senior).
Chinese. May 5, 2023. #8. Dictatortot said: "I've got an older sister" means that your sister is merely older than the speaker is --she might still be relatively young, for all that. "I have an old sister" means that the sister is aged by any standard--in her sixties or seventies, for example. Okay, thank you very much.
Senior Member. English, USA. Jan 12, 2007. #2. 40 -- my oldest (eldest) sister. I believe you could say either oldest or eldest in this case, though I usually hear eldest used as a noun rather than an adjective (that is, "How many children are there in the family? Four, and Sally is the eldest.") 38 -- my second oldest (or older) sister.
An older brother is a brother older than the person. He could say "oldest brother" (which is acceptable if the other person knows he's the eldest). It's just like I don't call my younger sister "my older sister". –
Senior Member. Southern US (raised in Midwest) English -- USA. Mar 29, 2011. #3. Nucleara said: If she doesn't say anything else, how are you supposed to know wheather she means "elder sister " or "younger sister" ? You are not supposed to know. If she wants you to know whether the sister is older or younger, she will tell you, or you can ask.