since I was young vs since I was younger

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Since I was young' is used to refer to a specific point in the past when the person was young. 'Since I was younger' is used to compare the past with the present, indicating that the person was younger at a previous point in time.

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since I was young

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to a specific point in the past when the person was young.

Examples:

I have loved music since I was young.
She has been interested in art since she was young.
Since I was young, I have always enjoyed reading.

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Use the simple past tense if you mean since in the sense of because: I paid half price since I was young. I paid half price since I was younger than twelve. .
I have been interested in martial art since I was young. I have been interested in martial art since young. Is 'I was' optional?

Alternatives:

since I was a child
since I was a kid
since I was a teenager
since I was a little girl/boy
since I was a baby

since I was younger

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to compare the past with the present, indicating that the person was younger at a previous point in time.

Examples:

I used to be more active since I was younger.
Since I was younger, I have become more patient.
Since I was younger, I have learned a lot.

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since I was younger
I can try new things and been able to kind of take risks I haven't done since I was younger.
I am used to caring for my younger siblings since I was 8 years old.
You don't know me, but I know your pop since we was younger than you.
It is impossible to make a quantitative estimate, since younger generations of fishermen do not know what a dugong is, and all gathered information is fragmented.
Since your younger daughter is also of marriageable age...
However, since I have two younger brothers (now 15 and 10), I can say that I do quite well with young ones.
However, since his younger brother often stayed at the Hungarian royal court, Casimir ruled Brandenburg-Ansbach on his behalf.
OK, Nora's been drinking since she was way younger than you.
She has written for younger readers since 1980 under the pseudonym Ann Halam and, under that name, has published more than twenty novels.
I am looking forward to our meeting. best regards Chaewon More Experience Originally translated from Deutsch I have looked after my younger siblings since childhood.
Heavily influenced by his parents since childhood, the younger de Villepin often came along when his father participated in various business events in China.
Since Pliny the Younger was heir to his uncle's estate, he inherited his uncle's large library, and benefited from the acquisition.
And Carl's weakness toward Sociopaths has already been demonstrated in the days of Shane; Since then the younger Grimes has made enormous strides, eppure non mi sentirei di escludere totalmente una simile ricaduta.
Close to Città di Castello rises the thermal baths of Fontecchio, inside an hundred-years-old park surrounded by woods, wellknown by Pliny the Younger since 80 a.D., this enchanting venue was built in 1860, then expanded.
When I was younger, I dreamed of working as a ranger in the forest, but since Stanford University did not offer any...
Since its premiere in 2014, Broad City has performed well, averaging 1.2 million viewers per episode, becoming Comedy Central's highest-rated first season since 2012 among the younger demographics, including adults 18-34.
Since the younger William and his brother Robert were natural rivals, these nobles worried that they could not hope to please both of their lords, and thus ran the risk of losing the favour of one ruler or the other, or both.
I am 21 years olad and currently studying in a university in Kokkola. I love children since I have a younger sister and a lot of nieces. I also a hard working person, humorous and
When I was younger, my grandmother got cancer.
When I was younger, I was obsessed with making money.

Alternatives:

since I was a child
since I was a teenager
since I was a kid
since I was a little girl/boy
since I was a baby

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