Talking About Prices
When buying things in Finland, you will often need to talk about euros and cents. The Finnish word for cent is sentti. Just like with euros, when you have more than one cent, the word takes the partitive case and becomes senttiä.
| It is only ten cents. | Se on vain kymmenen senttiä. |
| The coffee costs two euros and fifty cents. | Kahvi maksaa kaksi euroa ja viisikymmentä senttiä. |
Combining Tens and Units
In Finnish, compound numbers like 21, 35, or 99 are written as one continuous word. To form them, you simply take the tens word and attach the units word directly to the end of it.
For example, to say 21, you combine kaksikymmentä (twenty) and yksi (one) to make kaksikymmentäyksi.
| The ticket costs twenty-one euros. | Lippu maksaa kaksikymmentäyksi euroa. |
| The book costs twenty-two euros. | Kirja maksaa kaksikymmentäkaksi euroa. |
| I buy twenty-three apples. | Ostan kaksikymmentäkolme omenaa. |
Using Larger Numbers in Context
Once you know how to build these numbers, you can use them to discuss total prices, quantities, and ages. Remember that after any number greater than one, the noun that follows it must be in the partitive case (such as euroa or omenaa).
| It is twenty-four euros in total. | Se on yhteensä kaksikymmentäneljä euroa. |
| I buy the old bicycle, because it costs only twenty-five euros. | Ostan vanhan pyörän, koska se maksaa vain kaksikymmentäviisi euroa. |
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