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Talk about Prices in French
Euros[edit | edit source]
euros is always present in quoting prices, but centime is optional:
- huit euros cinquante (centimes)
eight euros fifty (centimes)
- deux cents euros quatre-vingts (centimes)
two hundred euros eighty (centimes)
Foreign currencies[edit | edit source]
Foreign currencies are described in the same way:
- deux livres cinquante
two pounds fifty
- trois dollars cinquante
three dollars fifty
Writing prices[edit | edit source]
Prices can be written in various ways:
- 8,50€
- 8,50EUR
- 8€50 (usually found on price labels)
Expressions[edit | edit source]
- Ça va chercher dans les quatre cents francs
That'll fetch around four hundred francs
(informal spoken style)
Videos[edit | edit source]
Discussing Prices in French[edit | edit source]
Voici comment BIEN PRONONCER les PRIX en EUROS[edit | edit source]
Other Chapters[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Emphasizing me, te, se, nous, vous by adding a pronoun + même
- Conjugation group 3
- Adjectives agreeing with just one noun
- Reflexive use of me, te, se, nous, vous
- Adjectives which normally occur before the noun
- Pronouns referring to groups of mixed gender
- Verbs with personal subject used impersonally
- Use of neutral le where no equivalent exists in English
- Subject–Verb Agreement
- Pronouns
- on as an equivalent for English 'you'
- Use of faire + partitive faire du, de la
- Differences in the use of numbers in French and English Dates
- How to tell the time
- Use of jamais