Quantifying large numbers (de)

While numbers 1 through 19 attach directly to the noun, you must insert the preposition de between the number and the noun for numbers 20 and up.

Number (20+) + de + Noun

This rule applies to absolutely everything you can count, from everyday objects and units of time to people and measurements.

This document has fifty pages.
Acest document are cincizeci de pagini.
The train comes in twenty minutes.
Trenul vine în douăzeci de minute.
The restaurant has fifty employees.
Restaurantul are cincizeci de angajați.
My dog is thirty kilograms.
Câinele meu are treizeci de kilograme.
We have fifty liters of water.
Noi avem cincizeci de litri de apă.
The box has thirty pieces.
Cutia are treizeci de bucăți.

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