Nació en dos mil nueve . (She was born in 2009.)

Thalia C.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I'm confused why the answer wouldn't be "Nació en dos mil y nueve." I thought the "y" was placed before the tens...?

Asked 3 weeks ago

SilviaKwizIQ Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola Thalia C.

The conjunction y is used between the tens and units in numbers such as treinta y nueve (39) or cuarenta y cinco (45).

However, we don't use y between the thousands and the units.

For example:

2009 = dos mil nueve

2029 = dos mil veintinueve

2039 = dos mil treinta y nueve

So Nació en dos mil nueve is correct.

I hope this clears things up!

Un saludo

Silvia

Like02 weeks ago

I'm confused why the answer wouldn't be "Nació en dos mil y nueve." I thought the "y" was placed before the tens...?

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