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French prices drill: say euros and cents from price tags
Read French price tags aloud: 3,50 € is trois euros cinquante, 0,80 € is quatre-vingts centimes. Type the price in words, then the reverse.
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In short
Say the euros, the word euros, then the cents as a number without centimes: 12,40 € = douze euros quarante. Under one euro, use centimes: 0,80 € = quatre-vingts centimes. One euro is un euro; the liaison sounds like "un-neuro".
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| Price tag | Said |
|---|---|
| 1,00 € | un euro |
| 2,50 € | deux euros cinquante |
| 0,30 € | trente centimes |
| 15,99 € | quinze euros quatre-vingt-dix-neuf |
| 100 € | cent euros |
1 · Write the price in words
- 4,20 €
- 7,50 €
- 0,60 €
- 11,10 €
- 3,75 €
- 20,00 €
- 1,90 €
- 9,99 €
2 · Now the other way: write the figures
- « Ça fait six euros quarante. » → € (digits, comma)
- « Trente-deux euros. » → € (digits)
- « Quatre-vingts centimes. » → € (digits, comma)
- « Dix-huit euros cinquante. » → € (digits, comma)
On paper, French writes the euro sign after the number with a space: 12,40 €. Some shops write 12€40, read exactly the same way. When the cents are 00, just say the euros: vingt euros. Large prices follow the number rules: mille deux cents euros.
How do you say prices in French?
Shop staff often shorten prices: ça fait douze cinquante (€12.50), skipping euros. Ça fait combien ? or C'est combien ? asks the price, and Ça fait… gives the total. Notice the liaison and agreement: deux euros sounds like "deu-zeuro", six euros like "si-zeuro", neuf euros like "neu-veuro".
- Vendeur
Les tomates, c'est trois euros vingt le kilo.
The tomatoes are €3.20 a kilo.
- Vous
J'en prends un kilo. Ça fait combien en tout ?
I'll take a kilo. How much is that altogether?
- Vendeur
Avec les fraises, ça fait sept cinquante.
With the strawberries, that's €7.50.
- Vous
Voilà dix euros.
Here's ten euros.
- Vendeur
Et deux cinquante de monnaie. Merci !
And two fifty change. Thanks!
Price tags in French shops also use a few abbreviations: TTC (all taxes included, the price you pay), HT (before tax, for businesses), le kg (per kilo) and la pièce (each). A sign reading 2 achetés = le 3e offert means buy two, get the third free.