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Cette voiture coûte mille euros.

Cette voiture coûte mille euros.
This car costs a thousand euros.
From Lesson 29:Numbers 21 to 100·French

Breakdown of Cette voiture coûte mille euros.

ce
this (before a noun)
coûter
to cost
l'euro
the euro (m)
mille
thousand

Questions & Answers about Cette voiture coûte mille euros.

Why is it just mille and not un mille to say 'a thousand'?
In French, the number 1,000 is simply mille. Unlike in English where we say 'a thousand' or 'one thousand', you never put un in front of mille.
Does mille ever get an 's' at the end?
No, the word mille never changes its spelling. Even if this car cost two thousand euros (deux mille euros), you would not add an 's' to mille.
Why is it cette voiture instead of ce voiture?
The word for 'car' (voiture) is feminine, so you must use the feminine form of 'this', which is cette. You would use ce for a masculine word, like ce vélo for 'this bike'.
Is the 's' at the end of euros pronounced?
No, it is completely silent. Just like most plural nouns in French, the extra s doesn't change the pronunciation. You say euros exactly the same way you say the singular euro.

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