Learn how to ask about something's price
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| INTRODUCTION |
| The Czech currency is the Czech koruna, which in English is called the Czech crown. |
| Denominations include coins for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 crowns and bills for 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Let’s say some prices in Czech – it won’t be too difficult. Let’s start with “One crown.” |
| Jedna koruna |
| (slow) Jed-na ko-ru-na. |
| Jedna koruna. |
| “15 crowns” will sound like this: |
| Patnáct korun. The word koruna becomes korun in the plural form. |
| Let’s break that down: |
| (slow) Pat-náct ko-run. |
| Patnáct korun. |
| ・ |
| If you go up to hundreds and thousands, just try to remember our previous lessons about counting. |
| We’ve already learned that “a hundred” in Czech is sto. |
| In Czech 200 is dvě stě, 300 is tři sta, 400 is čtyři sta, and so on. |
| So “230 crowns” is Dvě stě třicet korun. |
| (slow) Dvě stě tři-cet ko-run. |
| Dvě stě třicet korun. |
| Dvě means “two” and stě is the form of sto (a hundred). |
| ・ |
| A thousand in Czech is |
| Tisíc. |
| (slow) Ti-síc. |
| Tisíc. |
| For 2000, 3000 and 4000, we use the plural of the word tisíc which is tisíce. |
| So 2000 would be dva tisíce. |
| Now for a slightly more complicated number, “5,420 crowns”. In Czech, it is, pět tisíc čtyři sta dvacet korun. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) pět ti-síc čty-ři sta dva-cet ko-run. |
| Once more: |
| pět tisíc čtyři sta dvacet korun. |
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HideHi listeners! Have you ever seen or used Czech money?
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