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Hei, minun nimeni on Paula. Hi everybody! I’m Paula.
Welcome to FinnishPod101.com’s “Suomea kolmessa minuutissa”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Finnish.
In the last lesson we learned the phrase Kuinka paljon tämä maksaa?”How much is this?” Now we’ll learn how to answer that by counting euros in Finnish.
Finland uses the same currency as most countries in the European Union, the Euro.
Please be careful with the pronunciation though, it’s a bit different from English.
In Finnish we say euro.
Let’s try to say prices in Finnish. Start by trying to say "Nine euros and fifty cents."
Yhdeksän euroa ja viisikymmentä senttiä.
[slowly] Yhdeksän euroa ja viisikymmentä senttiä.
In Finland we have 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent coins. In Finnish, it’s sentti.
However, sometimes the price is stated in smaller cents, such as 19.99. In that case, if you are paying with cash, it will be rounded to the nearest 5 cents.
Ok, let’s try another example-
"40 euros and 25 cents."
Neljäkymmentä euroa ja kaksikymmentäviisi senttiä.
[slowly] Neljäkymmentä euroa ja kaksikymmentäviisi senttiä.
Are you ready for a challenge? This is a long one. How would you say
"199 euros and 98 cents"
Satayhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän euroa ja yhdeksänkymmentäkahdeksan senttiä.
[slowly] Satayhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän euroa ja yhdeksänkymmentäkahdeksan senttiä.
That was pretty tough, right? But no need to despair, it still follows the same simple rules as any counting.
But you can make it slightly simpler by leaving out the currency and just saying the numbers.
satayhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän ja yhdeksänkymmentäkahdeksan.
You will probably often hear this used by the shop staff.
Now it’s time for Paula’s Points.
Did you wonder why I didn’t mention the 1 and 2 cent coins, that are commonly used in other Euro-countries? The thing is, they are actually not used in Finland! However, most shops accept them as payment. As I mentioned before, the price will be rounded to the closest 5 cents, so you won’t be getting back 1 or 2 cent coins as change.
Now you are ready for a shopping spree in Finland. Want to invite your friends with you to impress them with your fluent counting? You’ll learn how to ask your friends about their plans in the next lesson. See you in the next Suomea kolmessa minuutissa lesson.
Nähdään pian!

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