Translation for "он был стар быть" to english

Он был стар быть

• he was old to be
• he was trying to be

Translation examples

he was old to be

Он был стар, непредставимо стар.
He was old, inconceivably so.

Но теперь он стал старый. И она стала старая.
but he was old now; and she was old.

Старой она выглядит, подумал он, старой.
She looks old, he thought, old.