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Cât costă mașina? Costă o mie de euro.

Cât costă mașina? Costă o mie de euro.
How much is the car? It costs a thousand euros.
From Lesson 50:How much is it? (cât costă, câți, câte)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Cât costă mașina? Costă o mie de euro.

Why is there no word for 'it' before 'Costă' in the second sentence?
In Romanian, you do not usually need to say subject pronouns like 'it', 'he', or 'she' if the context is clear. The verb costă (costs) is enough on its own, so saying just Costă perfectly translates to 'It costs'.
How does 'mașină' become 'mașina' (the car)?
In Romanian, 'the' is attached to the end of the noun rather than being a separate word in front of it. For most feminine words ending in -ă like mașină (car), you replace the -ă with an -a to get mașina (the car).
Why is 'o' used before 'mie' instead of 'un'?
The Romanian word for thousand, mie, is a feminine noun. Because of this, when you say 'a thousand' or 'one thousand', you must use the feminine form of 'a/one', which is o.
Why is the word 'de' added in 'o mie de euro'?
This is a very important counting rule! In Romanian, when counting items with numbers 20 and above (including hundreds and thousands), you must put the connecting word de (of) between the number and the noun. So 'a thousand euros' is literally 'a thousand of euros' (o mie de euro).
Why doesn't the word 'euro' have a plural ending here?
The word euro is an exception in Romanian because it is invariable, meaning it never changes form. Whether you have one (un euro) or a thousand (o mie de euro), the word stays exactly the same.

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