Prices With eiro
Prices in Euros
Eiro (euro) keeps the same form in every sentence: viens eiro, pieci eiro, desmit eiro. The number before it is masculine and changes case: Tas maksā divus eiro (It costs two euros).
How It Works
1. Asking the price. Cik tas maksā? (How much does it cost?) Cik maksā kafija? (How much is a coffee?) A full answer puts the price in the accusative: Kafija maksā divus eiro. A short answer can be just the number: Divi eiro.
2. Masculine numbers. Eiro is masculine, so use viens, divi, četri, pieci, never the feminine forms. After maksāt they take the accusative:
- viens eiro → maksā vienu eiro
- divi eiro → maksā divus eiro
- pieci eiro → maksā piecus eiro
Trīs, desmit and the teens and tens stay the same: trīs eiro, piecpadsmit eiro, trīsdesmit eiro. In a longer number, only the last word agrees: divdesmit piecus eiro. See numbers that agree and numbers above ten.
3. After prepositions. The number takes the case the preposition needs, and a plural takes the dative: Es to nopirku par pieciem eiro. (I bought it for five euros.) par vienu eiro (for one euro). See plural nouns after prepositions.
4. Cents. Cents is an ordinary masculine noun that does change: viens cents, divi centi, Tas maksā divdesmit centus. Together: viens eiro un piecdesmit centi (€1.50). In writing, the amount comes first and the decimal mark is a comma: 2,50 EUR or 2,50 eiro.
5. Other words that never change. Eiro belongs with loanwords like kino, radio and metro. See nouns that never change. You may also hear a form with endings, eirs (divi eiri, divus eirus), but eiro is the official name of the currency and the usual written form.
Examples (6)
- Cik maksā šī soma? — Trīsdesmit eiro.
How much is this bag? — Thirty euros.
- Kafija maksā divus eiro.
The coffee costs two euros.
The price after maksā is in the accusative, so divi becomes divus. Eiro stays the same.
- Biļete maksā vienu eiro.
The ticket costs one euro.
Viens → vienu in the accusative.
- Es nopirku šo grāmatu par pieciem eiro.
I bought this book for five euros.
After par, the plural number takes the dative: pieciem.
- Man ir tikai divi eiro.
I only have two euros.
In a man ir sentence, the thing you have is in the nominative: divi eiro.
- Maize maksā vienu eiro un divdesmit centus.
The bread costs one euro twenty.
Cents changes like an ordinary noun: centi → centus.
Common Mistakes
Using feminine number forms with eiro.
Man ir tikai divas eiro.Man ir tikai divi eiro.Eiro is masculine, so the number is divi, not divas.
Treating cents as if it never changed, like eiro.
Maize maksā vienu eiro un divdesmit cents.Maize maksā vienu eiro un divdesmit centus.Only eiro keeps one form. Cents is an ordinary noun, so after maksā it takes the accusative plural: divdesmit centus.
Leaving the number in the nominative after par.
Es to nopirku par pieci eiro.Es to nopirku par pieciem eiro.After a preposition, the plural number takes the dative: par pieciem eiro.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Prices use numbers that agree.
Related Patterns
- Nouns That Never Change
Other words that never change, like kino and radio.
Level 3 - Numbers One to Ten
The masculine numbers used with eiro.
Level 1 - The Accusative for Objects
The accusative used for the price after maksāt.
Level 1 - Plural Nouns After Prepositions
Why par takes pieciem in par pieciem eiro.
Level 2
Words in This Pattern
Practice Prices With eiro in Bubblegum
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