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Acest telefon costă paisprezece euro.
Meaning
This phone costs fourteen euros.
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Questions & Answers about Acest telefon costă paisprezece euro.
Why is fourteen paisprezece instead of "patrusprezece"?
Numbers from 11 to 19 in Romanian are built using the formula "number + spre (towards) + zece (ten)". To make it easier to pronounce, the word for four (patru) changes to pai-. This gives us paisprezece instead of the clunky "patrusprezece".
Why isn't there a connecting word between paisprezece and euro?
The English translation says "euros". Why doesn't the Romanian word euro change to plural?
In Romanian, the currency euro is invariable. This means its form is exactly the same whether you have one or many. You say un euro (one euro) and paisprezece euro (fourteen euros).