129: Years in Italian: Are You Saying Them Right?

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

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Master years in Italian with this really clear guide… and pick up a little Italian history to impress your friends!

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Today's Italian words:
Millenovecentoottantadue = 1982 (Matteo’s birth year)
Millenovecentoquarantasei = 1946 (women’s right to vote)
Mille = 1000
Duemila = 2000
Il duemilasei è stato un anno fantastico! = (the) 2006 was a fantastic year!
L’Italia è cambiata dopo il sessantotto = Italy changed after (the) ‘68
Negli anni Settanta = In the seventies
Negli anni Duemila = In the two thousands
Il governo Berlusconi è iniziato negli anni Novanta = The Berlusconi government started in the 90s
Di che anno sei? = “From what year are you from?” Sneaky way to ask someone’s age!

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0:00.0	Italian years are a bit crazy sometimes.
0:02.9	Why?
0:03.7	Well, let's say you want to tell someone when you were born.
0:06.7	We don't start with 19 as in 1982, but rather in Italian we say the whole long number, so
0:14.0	1,982.
0:17.7	It all feels a bit long and tricky to learn.
0:20.3	Katie, first of all, it's not polite to keep giving
0:24.1	my age away. And secondly, there are ways to make learning Italian years more interesting. Let's
0:31.1	do that in this episode. Hi, all to all and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
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1:08.0	Grazie.
1:09.0	Now, onto saying years in Italian.
1:12.1	You know when I say them a lot?
1:14.3	It's when we play trivial pursuit on Saturday night with our friends.
1:18.9	Yes, and you're really unpredictable.
1:21.1	You either know the random questions that no one has ever heard of,
1:26.8	or you get the really easy obvious ones wrong.
1:32.1	That's why we really need to get some practices so that we can win.
1:36.2	Listen to the conversation. How many years can you hear?
1:41.1	Ben. Comeicam with Litalia. 1,940. Well, we'll start with the Italy.
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