Question about d'euro and euro Topic is solved

[Jesse]

Bonjour,

Here are two sentences which I learned from Duolingo:

Cette grande maison coûte trois millions d'euros.

Cela coûte sept cents euros.

Both of them are grammarly correct. But in expressing the price, what's the difference between "euros" and "d'euros"?

Merci Beaucoup

[MoniqueMaRie]

Cette grande maison coûte trois millions d'euros.

Cela coûte sept cents euros.

Both of them are grammarly correct. But in expressing the price, what's the difference between "euros" and "d'euros"?

You can use the same two constructions in English:
First sentence: this big house costs three million of euros
Second sentence: this costs seven hundred euros

In the first sentence, the high costs are emphasised. The second sentence is simply a price quotation.

[Jesse]

Cette grande maison coûte trois millions d'euros.

Cela coûte sept cents euros.

Both of them are grammarly correct. But in expressing the price, what's the difference between "euros" and "d'euros"?

You can use the same two constructions in English:
First sentence: this big house costs three million of euros
Second sentence: this costs seven hundred euros

In the first sentence, the high costs are emphasised. The second sentence is simply a price quotation.

Thanks a lot in explaining this for me. I understand now!

[Quetzalcoatlus]

You can use the same two constructions in English:
First sentence: this big house costs three million of euros

No, that doesn't work in English with a specific number.
You can say "millions of euros" or "three million euros", but not "three million of euros".

To answer the original question:
Million, milliard, billion, etc. are nouns, and thus require de when used with a complement.
Cent, mille, and other numbers are determinants and can be followed directly by a noun.

[EranBarLev]

Cette grande maison coûte trois millions d'euros.

en: This big house costs three million euros.

Duolingo forum topic: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/29023994
Audio: https://d1vq87e9lcf771.cloudfront.net/d ... 4efa249c81

Cela coûte sept cents euros.

en: That costs seven hundred euros.

Duolingo forum topic: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28860410
Audio: https://d1vq87e9lcf771.cloudfront.net/d ... fdeecc7082

[Baptiste]

Agreed with QuetzalCoatlus.
Milliard et Million need "de" as nouns.
Mille, cent, dix cannot take "de".

There are also the case of Millier, Centaine, Dizaine, or even Douzaine, which are nouns and need "de".
But those are usually approximate :
"Ça coûte une dizaine d'euros"
"It costs about ten euros"
Whereas Millions and Milliards are not approximate.