cent / mil

Hundreds and Thousands

Level 3

Ducent is one word, and du mil is two.

How It Works

NumberEsperanto
100cent
200ducent
500kvincent
101cent unu
1000mil
2000du mil
1990mil naŭcent naŭdek

You normally say cent and mil alone, with no unu in front. Only the tens and hundreds join into one word (dudek, ducent). Every other part stays separate, and that includes the thousands: du mil, dek du mil.

Number words such as cent and mil take no -j or -n, but the noun after them does: ducent libroj, ducent librojn.

Miliono (million) is a noun. It takes -j in the plural (du milionoj) and da before the thing it counts: miliono da homoj.

Examples (5)

  1. Ducent homoj venas al la kongreso.

    Two hundred people are coming to the congress.

    Ducent is one word; the noun homoj has -j.

  2. En nia klubo estas kvincent membroj.

    There are five hundred members in our club.

    Kvincent is five hundred, written as one word.

  3. Tiu libro havas mil paĝojn.

    That book has a thousand pages.

    Mil has no unu in front; paĝojn has -j and -n.

  4. Ewa naskiĝis en mil naŭcent naŭdek.

    Ewa was born in nineteen ninety.

    The thousand and the hundred are separate words: mil naŭcent naŭdek.

  5. En tiu urbo loĝas miliono da homoj.

    A million people live in that city.

    Miliono is a noun, and da comes before homoj.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing a hundred as two words.

    Mi havas du cent librojn.
    Mi havas ducent librojn.

    The multiplier and cent join into one word: ducent.

  • Writing thousands as one word.

    La libro havas trimil paĝojn.
    La libro havas tri mil paĝojn.

    Thousands stay separate words: tri mil.

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