"The twentieth century"

Translation: Nittonhundratalet

[MarcinM85]

Det finns dock en skillnad mellan det engelska och det svenska uttrycket. "The twentieth century" är från 1901 till 2000 och "nittonhundratalet" är från 1900 till 1999.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900-talet

[NicolaSvartberg]

are there any differences between "talet" and "århundrade"?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes. The suffix -talet can be added to form any century or decade. But "århundrade" is a noun that just means "century".

[ninady1980]

Would you never say "tjugonde århundradet"?

[Arnauti]

Only if I wanted to sound as if I myself were from the 19th century ;)

[ninady1980]

Ha! Good to know!

[Zexis_RD]

I understand the spoken difference is mute, but in written Swedish is it wrong to separate a compound noun such as this?

Obviously this is more 'standard' since it's what is being taught, but the question is would a teacher whack me over the side of the head with a fish for separating it?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes. It it always wrong to split a compound word.

You might not get whacked with a fish for it, but it's not right.

[Nikolas_87]

So how would you say on svenska in which century is AD 33?

[Jijo_Ulmo]

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/000-talet

Nollhundra-talet.