Freitag, 18. Januar 2013

Dates

This is how you read years in English:

Most common pronunciation method, alternative methods

1 BC (the year) one before Christ,  1 BCE (the year) one before the Common era

12 AD (the year) twelve, 12 CE (the year) twelve of the Common era,  in the year of Our Lord twelve

134 one thirty-four, (one) hundred (and) thirty-four, one three four,

451 four fifty-one, four hundred (and) fifty-one, four five one

1000 one thousand, ten hundred, ten aught, ten oh, 1K

1030 ten thirty, one thousand (and) thirty

1127 eleven twenty-seven, one thousand one hundred (and) twenty-seven, one one two seven, eleven two seven

1483 fourteen eighty-three, one thousand four hundred (and) eighty-three, one four eight three, fourteen eight three

1800 eighteen hundred, one thousand eight hundred, eighteen aught

1999 nineteen ninety-nine, nineteen hundred (and) ninety-nine, one thousand nine hundred (and) ninety-nine

2000 two thousand, twenty hundred, two triple-oh, Y2K

2004 two thousand (and) four, twenty oh four, twenty hundred (and) four, two double-oh four, two oh oh four

2010 two thousand (and) ten, twenty ten, twenty hundred (and) ten, two oh one oh

2013 two thousand (and) thirteen, twenty thirteen, twenty hundred (and) thirteen, two oh one three

... and this is how you read them in German

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