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Comment on Gypsies by Atalia

Atalia — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:34:03 +0000

It’s quite interesting reading this. I come from a blood line of Romany Gypsies. My Great Great Grandmother was of Romany Gyspy but they moved to the Hebrides (Scotland)… I have started my ancestry tree. See where it takes me

Comment on How to Speak Like an Andalusian by Nada

Nada — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:18:07 +0000

Gracias for these tips, they are really helpful

Comment on Punctuality by Oz

Oz — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:52:40 +0000

i think more than 15 minutes late in spain is ontime !

Comment on Time by Diana

Diana — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:03:19 +0000

Hi,
So I was wondering if you saw this: “a las 10:20 horas”, how would you say it? (I need to transcribe it.)
Would I write “a las diez y veinte horas” or “a las diez con veinte horas”?
Thanks a lot!
Diana

Comment on Money by Julia

Julia — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:13:01 +0000

“[número] coma [número]”

cinco coma uno
uno coma siete millones
tres coma cuatro mil setecientos ochenta y cinco or tres coma cuarenta y siete ochenta y cinco

Comment on Money by Diana

Diana — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:34:36 +0000

My previous question is too narrow, what I meant was how do you say numbers that are separated by commas that are being used for fractions, like 5,1 por ciento, (for example)?

Comment on Money by Diana

Diana — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:37:01 +0000

Hi, It’s me, again!
So how would you say: 1,7 millones? Would you say uno punto siete millones? Or uno coma siete millones?
Thanks again,
Diana

Comment on Money by Julia

Julia — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:14:12 +0000

Remember that, in Spain, the functions of the period and the comma are the reverse of what they are in the U.S. The period separates the thousands. One thousand is written 1.000 and one million is written 1.000.000. So, “1.000 millones” means “one thousand millions” or, in the U.S., one billion. This is verbalized as “mil millones”. 1.100 would be “mil cien millones”.

Note: In Spain, “un billón” is not the same a “one billion”. “Un billón” is not 1.000.000.000. It’s 1.000.000.000.000.

Comment on Money by Diana

Diana — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:36:18 +0000

Hola! And thanks for your previous response. I have another question about money…although I think I got the basics down so far.
“1.100 millones de euros”
I’m guessing this is 1.1 million euros, but what confuses me is why the zeros are included…is this 1.1 million? And how would you say it?
Thanks again!

Comment on Money by Julia

Julia — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:42:06 +0000

Hi Diana,

The correct way to separate euros from cents is with a comma. However, some people will use other punctuation symbols such as periods or apostrophes (e.g. 17’5€).

Although you can say “diecisiete euros con cincuenta centimos”, in normal speech it’s more common to leave out the “euros” and “centimos” and say simply “diecisiete con cincuenta”.

Good question!