How to pronounce years/times in English?

Question

Hi, I'd like some help with pronouncing some things in English.

How do you say the years:
1
301
1050
1999
2000
2007
2010
2100

and how u use AD and BC?


and the times:
4:00
4:01
4:10
12:59

and how you use AM and PM?

Thank you

Answer 1

1 - one.
301 - three oh one.
1050 - ten fifty
1999- nineteen ninety nine
2000 - two thousand
2007 - two thousand seven
2010 - two thousand ten, or twenty ten
2100 - twenty-one hundred

AD is used after the year, as in right now, it is 2007 AD. BC is used before the year, BC 975.

4:00 - four o'clock
4:01 - four oh one
4:10 - four ten, or ten after four.
12:59 - twelve fifty nine... but personally, i say either noon fifty nine, or midnight fifty nine... it's just a quirk i have.

AM and PM are both placed after the time: 4:00 am, or 4:00 pm. if it's morning, use AM, if it's after noon, use PM..... umm... i think technically noon is PM, and midnight is AM... i'm not sure though... which is why i say midnight and noon.... 12:30, i say midnight thirty, or noon thirty...

hope this helps

Answer 2

one
three-oh-one
one-thousand-fifty or ten-fifty
nineteen-ninety-nine
two-thousand
two-thousand seven
twenty-ten or two-thousand-ten
twenty-one-hundred

AD and BC just get attached to the end of a year, such as 1907 BC.

four o-clock
four-oh-one
four-ten
twelve-fifty-nine

AM gets attached to the end of times between midnight (the dark12:00) and the light 11:59. PM is attached to times between noon (the light 12:00) and the dark 11:59.

is this what you meant?

Answer 3

You don't mention where you live, but any good language dictionary will tell you how to pronounce the word you're trying to learn. I have a copy of Langenscheidt's English-German/German-English dictionary, and it does exactly that. It would be much easier for you to refer to such a dictionary than for us to try to explain phonetic pronunciation.

Your other questions are easier to manage. AD (short for Anno Domini, or the Year of Our Lord) refers to any date after the birth of Jesus Christ. BC stands for 'Before Christ', and obviously refers to dates before he was born.

AM (ante-meridian) refers to the hours between midnight and noon, and PM (post meridian) refers to the hours between noon and midnight. The terms are placed after the time being stated.

Answer 4

times:

4 o clock
four o one
four 10
its twelve fifty nine

AM: after twelve midnight, before twelve noon
PM: After twelve noon, to twelve midnight

Answer 5

ummm can u repeat that again???