Breakdown of Excursia costă cincizeci de lei.
costa
to cost
de
of / to, near (after se apropia)
leul
the leu
cincizeci
fifty
excursia
the trip, the excursion
Questions & Answers about Excursia costă cincizeci de lei.
Why do we need the word de before lei?
In Romanian, whenever you have a quantity of 20 or more, you must put de between the number and the noun. Since 50 is more than 19, we say cincizeci de lei instead of just cincizeci lei.
How is the number cincizeci formed?
It literally translates to five tens. It combines cinci (five) and zeci (the plural of zece, meaning ten). This is how you build most multiples of ten in Romanian.
Why does the word for trip end in -a (excursia)?
The dictionary word for trip is excursie, which is a feminine noun. To say THE trip, you add the definite article to the end. For feminine nouns ending in -ie, the e turns into an a, giving us excursia.
What is the singular form of lei if something only costs one?
The singular is leu. Fun fact: the word leu also means lion in Romanian! So one is un leu, but for fifty, we use the plural lei.
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