Teksti
on Numerals:
1. NOLLA
1. double O seven = 007 /ou/
2. zero, especially in temperatures
below zero
It's - 5.
It's five centigrades below zero.
zero Coke
3) nought
How many noughts are there in a million?
4. love
in tennis, squash and badminton
5. (nihil)
nil / nothing
in football and icehockey
Valencia beat Liverpool 2 - 0. (two - nil)
The match ended six nil. 6 - 0
AmE : nothing / zero
5) 15 - love
Leyton Hewitt was leading 30 - love. thirty - love
(in tennis & badminton)
6) duck (in cricket)
in cricket
2. englannissa ei ole vuorakausi-sanaa
24 hours = 1 vrk
48 hours = 2 vrk
72 hours = 3 vrk
3. englannissa ei ole desimaalipilkkua vaan DESIMAALIPISTE
3.14159 = pai = pii-luvun likiarvo
englannissa TUHANNET erotetaan PILKULLA
He won 10,000,000 dollars.
4. vuosiluvuissa in
He was born in 1944.
The battle of Hastings was fought in 1066.
By 2035 We'll be carbon free by 2035. = vuoteen 2035 mennessä
5.
There was restlessness in Europe in the early 1930s. = 1930-luvun alkupuolella
There was still restlessness in Europe in the mid-1930s. = 1930-luvun keskivälillä
There was political restlessness in Europe in the late 1930s. = 1930-luvun loppupuolella
in the 1960's (= vanha tapa kirjoittaa; nykyisin in the 1960s = 1960-luvulla)
The TV series Wolf Castle depicts the time in England in the 1600s. = in the 17th century = in the seventeenth century = 1600-luvulla = 17. vuosisadalla
in the eighth century = 700-luvulla = kahdeksannella vuosisadalla
6.
Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE.
CE = Common Era = jaa (= jälkeen ajanlaskumme alun)
Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD.
AD = Anno Domini (vanha tapa: latinaa: Herran vuonna = jKr = jälkeen Kristuksen syntymän)
BCE = Before Common / Current Era = eaa = ennen ajanlaskumme alkua
Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BCE.
BC = Before Christ (vanha tapa: eKr = ennen Kristusta)
a century / many centuries = vuosisata
a decade / many decades = vuosikymmen
a millennium / many millennia = vuosituhat
1. NOLLA
1. double O seven = 007 /ou/
2. zero, especially in temperatures
below zero
It's - 5.
It's five centigrades below zero.
zero Coke
3) nought
How many noughts are there in a million?
4. love
in tennis, squash and badminton
5. (nihil)
nil / nothing
in football and icehockey
Valencia beat Liverpool 2 - 0. (two - nil)
The match ended six nil. 6 - 0
AmE : nothing / zero
5) 15 - love
Leyton Hewitt was leading 30 - love. thirty - love
(in tennis & badminton)
6) duck (in cricket)
in cricket
2. englannissa ei ole vuorakausi-sanaa
24 hours = 1 vrk
48 hours = 2 vrk
72 hours = 3 vrk
3. englannissa ei ole desimaalipilkkua vaan DESIMAALIPISTE
3.14159 = pai = pii-luvun likiarvo
englannissa TUHANNET erotetaan PILKULLA
He won 10,000,000 dollars.
4. vuosiluvuissa in
He was born in 1944.
The battle of Hastings was fought in 1066.
By 2035 We'll be carbon free by 2035. = vuoteen 2035 mennessä
5.
There was restlessness in Europe in the early 1930s. = 1930-luvun alkupuolella
There was still restlessness in Europe in the mid-1930s. = 1930-luvun keskivälillä
There was political restlessness in Europe in the late 1930s. = 1930-luvun loppupuolella
in the 1960's (= vanha tapa kirjoittaa; nykyisin in the 1960s = 1960-luvulla)
The TV series Wolf Castle depicts the time in England in the 1600s. = in the 17th century = in the seventeenth century = 1600-luvulla = 17. vuosisadalla
in the eighth century = 700-luvulla = kahdeksannella vuosisadalla
6.
Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE.
CE = Common Era = jaa (= jälkeen ajanlaskumme alun)
Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD.
AD = Anno Domini (vanha tapa: latinaa: Herran vuonna = jKr = jälkeen Kristuksen syntymän)
BCE = Before Common / Current Era = eaa = ennen ajanlaskumme alkua
Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BCE.
BC = Before Christ (vanha tapa: eKr = ennen Kristusta)
a century / many centuries = vuosisata
a decade / many decades = vuosikymmen
a millennium / many millennia = vuosituhat