The 20th century/El siglo viente

Question

In English we say the year 1960, "nineteen sixty". In Spanish do you do the same?
Era diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say that the number refers to a year?
Era el año de diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say
Era el año de mil novecientos sesenta cuando...

Or is it something else?

Gracias.

Answer 1

clipped from online:

Y si quieres ver toda la gama de productos axesor disponibles para DIECINUEVE OCHENTA Y SEIS SL pulse aquí

El planeta imaginario:** Diecinueve setenta y cinco**

Clase diecinueve setenta y nueve a diecinueve noventa y siete

That's what in Spain we call a "from lost to the river" translation. People who just went to primary school (or not even that) are asked to translate or imitate American pages, and they read "nineteen eighty two". How to translate? Easy: word by word.

In many countries, most educated people who don't use English every day would not understand "diecinueve ochenta y séis" as a date, but as two pairs of numbers. Without a context, I would have not understood it myself as a date.

If people in USA translated from Spanish the same way, you'd be horrified to see such aberrations. Imagine the sentence "Tengo ganas de irme" translated as "I have wills to go myslef" o "Hace unos años hacía más frío" as "Makes a few years I made more cold". "El año diecinueve ochenta y séis" is no better.

Unfortunately, the percentage of Spanish speakers with low education is higher than those speaking English, but all of them seem to have Internet access... and their own web page.

Answer 2

YipYip:

There is a prety good presentation about how to state the dates at this web address:

http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/vocabulary/dates.html

I couldn't find one (at least not quickly) here on SpanishDict.com. If we have a good one, I'd be happy to change the web address to our own SpanishDict.com page.

Moe--looks like you have taken your own advice and "spread out" your investigation. - mikecarroll, Apr 12, 2013

Answer 3

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Answer 4

In English we say the year 1960, "nineteen sixty". In Spanish do you do the same?

Era diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say that the number refers to a year?

Era el año de diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say

Era el año de mil novecientos sesenta cuando...

Or is it something else?

Gracias.

En inglés, creo que se puede decir: "el año diecinueve-sesenta" o también "el año mil novecientos sesenta". En español, sólamente existe la forma "el año mil novecientos sesenta".En cuanto al inglés, tenía un enlace pero pasé toda la información a un archivo. Aquí tengo dicha información por si pudiera ser de interés:

1. If there there are no thousands? or hundreds? digits, read the number as-is. Examples:
   o 54 - 'fifty-four?
   o 99 - 'ninety-nine?
   o 0 - 'zero?
   o 8 - 'eight?
2. If there is a thousands? digit but the hundreds? digit is zero, you can read the number as 'n thousand and x'. If the last two digits are zero, you leave off the 'and x? part. Examples:
   o 1054 - 'one thousand and fifty-four?
   o 2007 - 'two thousand and seven?
   o 1000 - 'one thousand?
   o 2000 - 'two thousand?
3. If the hundreds? digit is non-zero, you can read the number as 'n hundred and x'. If the last two digits are zero, you leave off the 'and x? part. Examples:
   o 433 - 'four hundred and thirty-three?
   o 1492 - 'fourteen hundred and ninety-two? (who sailed the ocean blue')
   o 1200 - 'twelve hundred?
   o 600 - 'six hundred?
4. The above rule produces some formal and old-fashioned names. Where it exists, it is acceptable to omit 'hundred and'. If you do, and the tens? digit is zero, you must read that zero as 'oh'. Examples:
   o 432 - 'four thirty-two?
   o 1492 - 'fourteen ninety-two?
   o 1908 - 'nineteen oh eight?
   o 1106 - 'eleven oh six?
5. Finally, though uncommon it is possible to read the years in rule #2 using the systems for rules #3 and #4. Examples:
   o 1054 - 'ten hundred and fifty-four? (if this sounds wrong to you, imagine you are watching a documentary on the history channel and the stiff narrator begins: 'In the year ten hundred and fifty-four, Pope Leo IX died.')
   o 1054 - 'ten fifty-four?
   o 3026 - 'thirty twenty-six?
   o 2007 - 'twenty oh seven? (if this sounds wrong to you, imagine you live in 1972 and you are reading a science fiction story that starts: 'In the year twenty oh seven, the world was overrun by blood-thirsty robots.')

Answer 5

I appreciate everyone's input. Thank you.

Now that we are in the 21st century, these differences fade away, already we are saying 2009, two thousand nine/el año de dos mil nueve.

Gracias

Yes, but saying twenty o' nine is awkward. Next year, however, will we say twenty ten or two thousand ten'

Answer 6

I appreciate everyone's input. Thank you.

Now that we are in the 21st century, these differences fade away, already we are saying 2009, two thousand nine/el año de dos mil nueve.

Gracias

Answer 7

In English we say the year 1960, "nineteen sixty". In Spanish do you do the same?

Era diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say that the number refers to a year?

Era el año de diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say

Era el año de mil novecientos sesenta cuando...

Or is it something else?

clipped from online:

Y si quieres ver toda la gama de productos axesor disponibles para DIECINUEVE OCHENTA Y SEIS SL pulse aquí

El planeta imaginario:** Diecinueve setenta y cinco**

Clase diecinueve setenta y nueve a diecinueve noventa y siete

Answer 8

alternate: el siglo vigésimo

Hola quentin, esto sí sería raro oírlo.

También decimos lo que menciona Toni.

I know. Most of the books that I've looked at don't list ordinal numbers above 12.

Are the cardinal numbers invariant adjectives? The definte articles used before them match the noun? (I don't want to call them adjectives again) los dos hombres...las dos mujeres
Toni's <>, is that <>'

Answer 9

YipYip:

There is a prety good presentation about how to state the dates at this web address:

http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/vocabulary/dates.html

I couldn't find one (at least not quickly) here on SpanishDict.com. If we have a good one, I'd be happy to change the web address to our own SpanishDict.com page.

Hola Moe, no hay problema en poner un hilo para otro sitio, somos así de chulos, pensamos que no tenemos competencia, jeje

Answer 10

Era el año de mil novecientos sesenta cuando....

Is correct
Hola Robert, es lo que decimos por aquí también, creo que en lo de los años coincidimos todos. jeje

Robert, por favor, vacía tu buzón. NO puedo comunicar contigo.

Answer 11

alternate: el siglo vigésimo

Hola quentin, esto sí sería raro oírlo.

También decimos lo que menciona Toni.

Answer 12

alternate: el siglo vigésimo

Answer 13

También "fue allá por el sesenta cuando..."

Answer 14

In English we say the year 1960, "nineteen sixty". In Spanish do you do the same?

Era diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say that the number refers to a year?

Era el año de diecinueve sesenta cuando...

Or do you need to say

Era el año de mil novecientos sesenta ...

Or is it something else?

Era el año de mil novecientos sesenta cuando....
Is correct