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Saying the year 2000


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stelingo
  Jan 19, 08, 16:46  #1

How do you express in what year something happened? For example 'He was born in 2007

Urodził się w roku/ w roce / w dwa tysiące siódmym (?)

How would you say in 2000?

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osiol GOLD MEMBER
Edited by: osiol  Jan 19, 08, 17:03  #2

You'll probably find it here:

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Take note how the donkey helped expand the discussion into your area of interest!

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stelingo
  Jan 19, 08, 17:26  #3

OK thanks but how would I say in the yrar 2000?

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osiol GOLD MEMBER
  Jan 19, 08, 17:29  #4

ella wrote:
it happened in 1984
... until 2012
in Polish: wydarzylo sie na przelomie lat tysiac dziewiecset osiemdziesiat cztery i dwa tysiace dwanascie


It might be:

na lat dwa tysiąc

...but I'm just a beginner (have been for nearly a year) so the 'tysiąc' might be grammared-up slightly wrongly!

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RJ_cdn
  Jan 19, 08, 17:30  #5

stelingo wrote:
how would I say in the yrar 2000?

w roku dwutysięcznym

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osiol GOLD MEMBER
  Jan 19, 08, 17:42  #6

RJ_cdn wrote:
w roku dwutysięcznym

So what's this all about:
ella, in a different thread wrote:
wydarzylo sie na przelomie lat tysiac dziewiecset osiemdziesiat cztery

There seem to be a lot of words before the actual numbers begin.

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Edited by: RJ_cdn  Jan 19, 08, 18:23  #7

"wydarzylo sie na przelomie"

I can't find her original post but I think that, normally, the above phrase is used when time (years) is not specified (e.g. nineties, eighties, on the turn of the 20th century).

If years are specified eg. between 1984 and 1994 I would rather use "pomiędzy”
If something happened in 1984 eg. "It happened in 1984" then I would say "to wydarzyło się w 1984"
but if something was happening throughout (repeatedly) 1984 then, I think, you can say "wydarzylo sie na przelomie 1984"

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bamse
  Jan 21, 08, 11:35  #8

but if something was happening throughout (repeatedly) 1984 then, I think, you can say "wydarzylo sie na przelomie 1984"

That is not correct. Na przelomie means on the turn (two years/ centuries/months).
I haven't seen ellas topic but:
in Polish: wydarzylo sie na przelomie lat tysiac dziewiecset osiemdziesiat cztery i dwa tysiace dwanascie

there are two dates and you translate years not year. She gives years 1984 and 2012 what doesnt make any sense because after 1984 is coming 1985 of course :).
but if something was happening throughout (repeatedly) 1984

its better to write "działo się w 1984 roku", but some cases you can still write "wydarzyło się w 1984 roku"(depending on context)

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