SPAN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Puerto Rico, Cuesta
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In spanish when using large number a period symbol is used instead of a comma like america. Mil can mean a thousand or one thousand! Plural form of 1 mil is un mil n. When you add (de) behind miles it refers to hundreds or thousands ex miles de dolares: thousands of dollars and cientos de personas: hundreds of people. In spanishe years are always used in the 4 number format, never in the two number format sometimes used in english. Ex of how to say a year 1945 mil novecientos cuarenta y cinco. When mil n of millones are used before a noun you put (de) between the noun and the number ex 1. 000. 000 de hombres: un million de hombres. Hay mil millones de personas en china: there are a billion people in china. Hay un billon de planetas en el universe: there are a trillion planets in the universe.
