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Saying different centuries in Italian
I have a book that indicates the proper way to say in the 16th/18th/20th century, i.e. the 1500s/1700s/1900s, is:
nel Cinquecento/Settecento/Novecento.
To me, nel Cinquecento seems to say in the 500s, rather than in the 1500s. And then, the 1500s would be said something like Quindicicento or the 1700s which would be said Diciasettecento.
How would you say: in the 500s/700s/900s? I need help understanding the syntax which doesn't seem to make sense to me. Thanks.
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Is the Italian pronunciation of "v" as "w" a regional dialect?
In my efforts to listen to spoken Italian to further my studies I've twice come across someone, presumably native Italians, pronouncing v as w, i.e, vuole sounding like wuole. Is this a regional dialect or something else?Unfortunately, it was a little while ago and I don't remember specifically where I heard them. One was on a YouTube Italian instruction video, but I've viewed so many I couldn't tell you which one.
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