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    Минуло 20 лет

    спасибо!

    PS: my translating dictionnary sucks

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    20 years have passed?
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    I just looked this up in Lingvo, and as an example it gives:
    "ему минуло тридцать лет — he has turned thirty"
    Based on BlackMage's translation, I would say that he IS thirty -- not TURNED thirty. That is, he could be 30 year and 6 days or 6 months or whatever -- it's his age; not "turned," which would suggest that today was his birthday. I know that you can simply say ему 30 лет. Anyone care to clarify?
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    минуть - to pass, not enter into
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    OK, so then I'm right and lingvo is wrong. w00t!
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    He turned 20 makes sense to me.
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    It depends on the context. Минуло is generally translated as has/have passed/gone. For example,
    минуло двадцать лет с тех пор, как он застрял в яме
    Twenty years has passed since he got stuck in a hole.

    As for age, I think that минуло can be translated as 'turned' but I myself say this pretty rarely.
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