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¿Cómo se pronuncia un número de siglo?
Cuando leo artículos de Wikipedia, o libros historicales, es muy común encontrar una frase como siglo [numeración romana]. Por ejemplo,
Aljedrez, tal como se conoce actualmente, surgió en Europa ...
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Pronouncing years in Spanish
In English 1886 would be pronounced "eighteen-eighty six." In Spanish, is there something similar? Or do people outright say:
El año mil ochocientos ochenta y seis
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¿Cómo se leen los nombres de los reyes?
A veces, cuando voy al trabajo en coche, me da por poner el GPS aunque sea un trayecto de solo 15 minutos. Y cada vez que llego a P.º Alfonso XIII, la vocecita del GPS se emperra en decir:
Tome la ...
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How are "first" and "second" books of the Bible pronounced?
The Bible has several books in multiple parts (e.g. 1 Corintios, 2 Pedro, 3 Juan). How are these books said out loud? For example, is 1 Pedro pronounced Primer de Pedro, Primero de Pedro, Primera de ...
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What are some good analogies I can use to explain ordinal numbers in an English translation?
I was recently having a conversation with my mother, who is Spanish-speaking only, after she was informed by someone who only spoke English that some work was going to be done on her street on the ...
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Are "seis" and "siete" phonetically similar to the Spanish language learners?
I am aware that this question may be on the verge of Offtopicland, but I am very curious about something regarding these two numbers. Here's the story...
When I was learning Japanese (a long time ago ...