{"id":6907,"date":"2015-06-11T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2016-01-25T17:14:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T17:14:42","slug":"pronouncing-years-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/pronouncing-years-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronouncing years in Swedish"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all been there. You’re trying to learn a new language and you’re practicing reading. And then you come across a clump. A clump of numbers that refers to a year. And so the question appears: How do you even say that?!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, lucky for you, we’ve got a Swedish year guide right here!<\/p>\n

So, let’s start with the year we’re in right now. That’s 2015<\/strong>. Written out in English, two-thousand fifteen<\/strong>. So how do we say this in Swedish? Simple! We say it in the exact same way: tv\u00e5tusenfemton<\/strong><\/em>. In writing, Swedish whole numbers (including years) are written without spaces. The written-out spelling of 2015 is made up of three parts: tv\u00e5<\/em>, tusen<\/em>, and femton<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Years prior to tv\u00e5tusen<\/em> (2000), though, are a little bit different. Let’s take the year 1957<\/strong> for example. In English, we would say nineteen fifty-seven<\/strong>. The Swedish equivalent is similar, but not exactly the same. In Swedish, we mark the number of hundreds (centuries) in the year by adding the word\u00a0hundra<\/strong><\/em>, or “hundred”, after the number of hundreds. And so, the way we say 1957 is\u00a0nittonhundra<\/span>femtiosju<\/strong><\/em> – made up of nitton<\/em>, hundra<\/em><\/span>, femtio<\/em> and sju<\/em> – there are 19 hundreds plus 57.<\/p>\n

But what if you want to talk about something before the year 0? Something like 3000 BC<\/strong>? Easy! Just as in English, the Swedes say\u00a0tretusen f\u00f6re Kristus<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, where\u00a0f\u00f6re Kristus<\/em> means “before Christ”. In text, you will see this shortened as f.Kr.<\/strong><\/em> . Years “after Christ”, for example 359 AD<\/strong>, are simply written as in trehundrafemtionio efter Kristus<\/span><\/strong><\/em> – three fifty-nine “after Christ”. And, easily enough, this is shortened as e.Kr.<\/strong><\/em> in text.<\/p>\n

So, next time you come across a year in a Swedish text, you won’t have to read it in your native language instead – now you know how to read it in Swedish! Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve all been there. You’re trying to learn a new language and you’re practicing reading. And then you come across a clump. A clump of numbers that refers to a year. And so the question appears: How do you even say that?! Well, lucky for you, we’ve got a Swedish year guide right here! So…<\/p>\n

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