Learn to talk about money
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Portugal’s currency is the euro. |
| Denominations include coins for ¢1, ¢2, ¢5, ¢10, ¢20, ¢50, €1, €2 and and bills for €5, €10, €20 €50, €100, €200 and €500 euros. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Now let’s say some prices in Portuguese. It won’t be too difficult. Let’s start with 1 cent. |
| Um cêntimo. |
| (slow) Um cên-ti-mo. |
| Um cêntimo. |
| cêntimo is the word for “cent” |
| 15 cents will sound like this: |
| Quinze cêntimos. The word cêntimo becomes cêntimos in the plural form. |
| Let’s break that down: |
| (slow) Quin-ze cên-ti-mos |
| Quinze cêntimos. |
| ・ |
| If you go up to the hundreds or thousands, remember that each level of hundred has its own name. |
| For 200 in European Portuguese you say: duzentos |
| (slow) Du-zen-tos. |
| Duzentos. |
| For 300 in European Portuguese, you say: trezentos. |
| (slow) Tre-zen-tos. |
| Trezentos. |
| For 400 in European Portuguese, you say: Quatrocentos. |
| (slow) Qua-tro-cen-tos. |
| Quatrocentos. |
| For 500 in European Portuguese, you say: Quinhentos. |
| (slow) Qui-nhen-tos. |
| Quinhentos. |
| For 600 in European Portuguese, you say: Seiscentos. |
| (slow) Seis-cen-tos. |
| Seiscentos. |
| For 700 in European Portuguese, you say: Setecentos. |
| (slow) Se-te-cen-tos. |
| Setecentos. |
| For 800 in European Portuguese, you say: Oitocentos. |
| (slow) Oi-to-cen-tos. |
| Oitocentos. |
| And for 900 in European Portuguese, you say: Novecentos. |
| (slow) No-ve-cen-tos. |
| Novecentos. |
| Let’s try to say a price using the hundreds. |
| “230 euros” is |
| Duzentos e trinta euros. |
| (slow) Duzentos e trinta euros. |
| Duzentos e trinta euros. |
| ・ |
| A thousand in European Portuguese is |
| mil. |
| (slow) Mil. |
| Mil. |
| For 2000 or more of something, we use the number plus the word mil. |
| So “2000” would be dois mil. |
| Now for a slightly more complicated number, 5420 euros. It is: Cinco mil quatrocentos e vinte euros. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Cin-co mil qua-tro-cen-tos e vin-te eu-ros. |
| Once more: |
| Cinco mil quatrocentos e vinte euros. |
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