Word
Эта стильная клавиатура стоит сто долларов.
Meaning
This stylish keyboard costs a hundred dollars.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Эта стильная клавиатура стоит сто долларов.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
стоить
to cost
сто
one hundred
доллар
dollar
Questions & Answers about Эта стильная клавиатура стоит сто долларов.
Since the current lesson is about intensifying comparatives, how would I change this sentence to say "This stylish keyboard is much more expensive"?
You would say Эта стильная клавиатура гораздо дороже (or намного дороже). Дороже is the comparative form of дорогой (expensive), and you intensify it with гораздо or намного (much/a lot).
I've seen the word стоит used to mean "stands". Is this the exact same word?
They are spelled the same but pronounced with different stress! Сто́ит (stress on the first syllable) means "costs", from the verb сто́ить. Стои́т (stress on the second syllable) means "stands", from the verb стоя́ть. Context almost always makes it clear which one you are reading.
Why is it долларов and not доллары?
In Russian, quantities of 5 and above (including 100) require the noun that follows to be in the genitive plural case. The standard nominative plural for dollars is доллары, but after сто (one hundred), it must take the genitive plural ending, becoming долларов.
Why is Эта стильная клавиатура in the nominative case instead of the accusative?