 How to pronounce the year 2020? Of course, it's a new year. It's 2020. And you need to know how to talk about the years in English, right? So we're going to talk about how you say this year and also some other patterns as well for previous years. Of course, I'm Jennifer from jforysenglish.com. And this channel is dedicated to helping you sound like a fluent, confident, natural English speaker. Now before we go any further, make sure you subscribe and hit that bell notification so you're notified every time I post a new lesson. Now, let's dive into this video. Do you know how to pronounce the year 2020? Well, I just gave you the answer, didn't I? But we're really going to talk about how to say years in English because there are different patterns and we use different patterns for different categories of year. Now for this year 2020, we have two options. You just heard me use one of the option, right? We pronounce both sets of digits individually. So I say 2020 2020. You try 2020. The year 2020. Okay, awesome. That was pretty easy, right? Video over. Well, actually, there's another way you can pronounce this. Do you know what the other way you can say this is? We can verbalize it by saying 2000 and 20. Okay? In this case, we mean and, but I'm not going to pronounce it as and. I'm not going to stress it. In fact, it's just going to sound like a sound. It's going to sound like mm, mm, 2000, mm, mm. I'm just adding an mm. So listen to how I say this naturally and listen how you don't really hear and, but it's there. Okay, listen. It's the year 2020 2020. It's the year 2020. These are my new year's resolutions for 2020. So just make sure if you use this pronunciation that you have the mm, which is of course, and now both of these are acceptable. Both of them are interchangeable. It doesn't matter which one you use. But one of these is a little bit easier, right? I don't know for you, but for me, it's easier simply to say 2020. Now, because it's easier to pronounce it, you're going to hear that one a lot more often. It's the year 2020. Sounds really nice, doesn't it? Now let's talk about some past years because of course, we still talk about the past, right? So this year, this one, we only have one option. 2000, the year 2000. We can't divide the digits and say 20, 00, 20, zero. We can't do it. Okay. So for this year, we only have one choice 2000. Where did you live in the year 2000? And for the next nine years, we have 2001 to 2009. There's only one way to say these. We don't say 2001. I mean, it's probably technically possible, but nobody says it because you have to verbalize that oh, so you would have to say 2009, 2008. Because of that, you know, it just sounds a little weird. Nobody says it. So we don't use that second option with the two double digits. We use 2000 and the number 2009, 2005, 2004 was the best year of my life. But then when we get to 2010, we have our two choices again. So for 2010 and after you can say 2010 or 2010, 2010. Okay. So you have your two choices, the double digits, 20 and the number 2010, 2012, 2014, or you can say 2000. Notice there's no S on there. Sometimes I hear students add an S. There's no S. 2000. 10, 2014. So you have those two options. All right. So I know this is more of a pronunciation. And in the comments, you're just writing it out. But still, I want you to leave some example sentences in the comments. So give me an example sentence using a year from 2001 to 2009. You can choose the year. And then give me an example using a year 2010 and after and then after you write those sentences, I want you to say them out loud so you can practice the pronunciation because the purpose of this lesson was more so to help you with your pronunciation. So make sure you leave your examples in the comments. Now, this is a question that one of my students asked me in the Finally Fluent Academy. That's my premium online program where I work directly with students to help them improve their English. So if you're interested in getting personally support with your English, well then come check it out. There's a link for a free seven day trial in the comments below. If you found this video helpful, please hit the like button, share it with your friends and of course, subscribe. Now, before you go, make sure you head on over to my website, JForrestEnglish.com and download your free speaking guide. In this guide, I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and confidently. And until next time, happy studying. All right, awesome job. Now you can talk about the present and the past naturally like a native English speaker. You rock. I can't wait to see you in my next video. Bye.