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A shopper asks the price of two items.
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eins, zwei, dreione, two, three 🔊
zehnten 🔊
zwanzigtwenty 🔊
hundertone hundred 🔊
Was kostet das?How much is it? 🔊
der Eurothe euro 🔊
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« Was kostet das, bitte? » 🔊
How much is it, please?
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Was kostet der Kaffee? 🔊How much is the coffee?
Zwei Euro. 🔊Two euros.
Und das Wasser? 🔊And the water?
Ein Euro fünfzig. 🔊One euro fifty.
Grammar in focus · units before tens
German says the unit before the ten, joined by « und »: einundzwanzig (21, lit. one-and-twenty), zweiunddreißig (32).
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Write the prices of three café items in words (e.g. « drei Euro »).
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Gut! Remember einundzwanzig (21): unit + und + ten.
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