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Cent euros pour le petit-déjeuner, c'est cher !

Cent euros pour le petit-déjeuner, c'est cher !
100 euros for breakfast, it's expensive!
From Lesson 29:Numbers 21 to 100·French

Questions & Answers about Cent euros pour le petit-déjeuner, c'est cher !

Why is it just cent and not un cent for 'one hundred'?
In French, you do not use the word un (one) before 100 or 1,000. While in English you say 'one hundred', in French you simply say cent.
Do I pronounce the 't' at the end of cent in this sentence?
Normally, the 't' at the end of cent is silent. But because the next word, euros, starts with a vowel sound, you connect them. This is called a liaison, and you pronounce the 't' to link the words together smoothly.
What is the literal translation of petit-déjeuner?
The word déjeuner means lunch, so le petit-déjeuner literally means 'the little lunch'. Breakfast in France is traditionally a smaller meal than lunch.
Why do we say c'est cher instead of il est cher?
We use c'est (it is) instead of il est when making a general statement or giving an opinion about a situation. When you use c'est like this, the describing word that follows (like cher) is always in its basic masculine singular form.

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