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Learn Dutch in Three Minutes #9

Currency

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The focus of this lesson is Currency in Dutch

Topic 1: How to answer the question "how much is this?"

Sentence from the lesson:

Zesentwintig euro en vijftig cent.
"26 euro and 50 cent."

1. In the last lesson, we learned the phrase Hoeveel kost het? "How much is it?" In this
lesson, let's see how we could answer that question by counting euro in Dutch. In the
Netherlands, the currency is the euro, de euro.
The lowest currency value that exists is "one eurocent," één eurocent. Cent is
actually short for "eurocent," eurocent. It's not very common to use the word eurocent
though. Most people will use the short version, cent, when they talk about prices.

2. Let's try to say prices in Dutch.

For example:
Zesentwintig euro en vijftig cent.
"26 euro and 50 cent."
Veertig euro en negenennegentig cent.
"40 euro and 99 cent."
Honderd en negenennegentig euro en achtennegentig cent.
"199 euro and 98 cent"

3. That takes a lot of effort to say, doesn't it? Well, you can shorten it in two ways:
First, you don't need to say the first and last en. You also don't have to say cent and
euro.
Honderd negenennegentig achtennegentig.
"hundred ninety nine, ninety eight"
But for the usual way to talk about monetary amounts, remember that before the en,
you always have the euro, and after the en, you have the cent.

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You will most likely hear the last short form from shop clerks. It's easier and quicker to use.
Also, it's important to know that the smallest physical coin in the Netherlands is 5 eurocents,
vijf eurocent. However, 1 eurocent does exist in prices. So when paying with cash you round
up or down to the closest vijf eurocent.

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