How to Say the Year and Century in Italian

Siamo nel ventunesimo secolo.

I don’t know what it is about numbers, but for some reason, it takes me FOREVER to learn them well… particularly when it comes to using them in bigger contexts. I suspect I’m not alone in this struggle, which is why this lesson is all about expressing the year and the century.

How to Say the Year in Italian

• Current year -  2023 - duemilaventitrè

• Year Italian with Cher was born - 2012 - duemiladodici

• Year I was born (Gasp! You know my age now!) - 1991 - millenovecento novantuno

• Year the Beatles broke up (sniffle) - 1969 - millenovecentosessantanove

• Year Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres - 1801 - milleottocentouno

SECOND, here’s how it works.

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