“I don’t have one hundred dollars.”

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“I don’t have one hundred dollars.”Translation:No tengo cien dólares.October 11, 2018


October 11, 2018


22 CommentsHoopsluvr1160When do you use ‘de’, as in cien de dolares?June 5, 2019GeorgeorJoWhy no “un” or “uno” to denote the amount of Cien Dolares?October 17, 2019mitaine56you can say un millón de dólares, millón is not a number but cien is a number, it does not have an article in front of it. November 13, 2019EmeraldPhoenix1Millón is most definitely a number.February 19, 2020mitaine56emerald- wrong millón is a noun, not a number. Take a look in a dictionary. Millón, noun, singular, masculine, a number can’t have a gender. Millones is masculine noun, plural. Cien is an numeral adjective, invariable.February 20, 2020mary914730902I have the same question as Stevencochs: When do you put ‘de’ between the number and the dollars/pesos and when don’t you?July 15, 2019mitaine56mary914730- you use de with millón, it’s not considered like a number. un millón de dólares, cien dólares, treinta dólares.November 13, 2019Cayuga1ThanksNovember 14, 2019PortAlberniThank you. This one puzzled me, too. I read your later reply about ‘million’ being a noun vs. ‘cien’ which is a numeral adjective. I wonder if in English hundred is also more of a noun than a numeral adjective, because we say ‘a hundred’, ‘a million’, ‘a trillion’. Grammar nerds will know.May 12, 2020MaryAnn842321132Why is ” Yo no tengo cien dolares” not accepted?March 21, 2021gwaingankar220Last time, duo wanted it to be translated as un cien dolares , not just cien dolares. Very frustrating.July 25, 2021Diane459277PlusI said: no tengo ciento dolares. What’s wrong with ciento???August 19, 2021lin525304My dictionary gives the translation for “100 (one hundred)” as ciento. I looked up “cien” and it referred me to “ciento”. It’s the Collins Spanish Gem Dictionary from 1967. October 22, 2021SverkerLunYou gave me incorrect for ciento which I think is incorrectFebruary 15, 2019mitaine56sverkerlun- ciento is for more than one hundred : ciento dos for exempleNovember 14, 2019Dawn729202Un ciento?December 3, 2020TabsHastie80This question came up in a skill test. How come I get tested on words I haven’t learnt e.g. Cien? Also, in which section are numbers/money taught? December 1, 2019RooJonesWhy is ciento wrongJuly 30, 2020mitaine56roo- why posting before reading other comments, the answer is right 2 comments over your questionJuly 30, 2020ReLandaPriPlus238I entered “yo no tengo….” and it was marked wrong. That makes no sense. January 6, 2022CarleneLaw1Plus118I entered “no tengo cien dolares” and it was marked wrong. The only thing missing is the accent over the o in dolares.February 6, 2022


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Hoopsluvr1160When do you use ‘de’, as in cien de dolares?June 5, 2019GeorgeorJoWhy no “un” or “uno” to denote the amount of Cien Dolares?October 17, 2019mitaine56you can say un millón de dólares, millón is not a number but cien is a number, it does not have an article in front of it. November 13, 2019EmeraldPhoenix1Millón is most definitely a number.February 19, 2020mitaine56emerald- wrong millón is a noun, not a number. Take a look in a dictionary. Millón, noun, singular, masculine, a number can’t have a gender. Millones is masculine noun, plural. Cien is an numeral adjective, invariable.February 20, 2020mary914730902I have the same question as Stevencochs: When do you put ‘de’ between the number and the dollars/pesos and when don’t you?July 15, 2019mitaine56mary914730- you use de with millón, it’s not considered like a number. un millón de dólares, cien dólares, treinta dólares.November 13, 2019Cayuga1ThanksNovember 14, 2019PortAlberniThank you. This one puzzled me, too. I read your later reply about ‘million’ being a noun vs. ‘cien’ which is a numeral adjective. I wonder if in English hundred is also more of a noun than a numeral adjective, because we say ‘a hundred’, ‘a million’, ‘a trillion’. Grammar nerds will know.May 12, 2020MaryAnn842321132Why is ” Yo no tengo cien dolares” not accepted?March 21, 2021gwaingankar220Last time, duo wanted it to be translated as un cien dolares , not just cien dolares. Very frustrating.July 25, 2021Diane459277PlusI said: no tengo ciento dolares. What’s wrong with ciento???August 19, 2021lin525304My dictionary gives the translation for “100 (one hundred)” as ciento. I looked up “cien” and it referred me to “ciento”. It’s the Collins Spanish Gem Dictionary from 1967. October 22, 2021SverkerLunYou gave me incorrect for ciento which I think is incorrectFebruary 15, 2019mitaine56sverkerlun- ciento is for more than one hundred : ciento dos for exempleNovember 14, 2019Dawn729202Un ciento?December 3, 2020TabsHastie80This question came up in a skill test. How come I get tested on words I haven’t learnt e.g. Cien? Also, in which section are numbers/money taught? December 1, 2019RooJonesWhy is ciento wrongJuly 30, 2020mitaine56roo- why posting before reading other comments, the answer is right 2 comments over your questionJuly 30, 2020ReLandaPriPlus238I entered “yo no tengo….” and it was marked wrong. That makes no sense. January 6, 2022CarleneLaw1Plus118I entered “no tengo cien dolares” and it was marked wrong. The only thing missing is the accent over the o in dolares.February 6, 2022


Hoopsluvr1160When do you use ‘de’, as in cien de dolares?June 5, 2019


Hoopsluvr1160


When do you use ‘de’, as in cien de dolares?June 5, 2019


When do you use ‘de’, as in cien de dolares?


June 5, 2019


June 5, 2019


GeorgeorJoWhy no “un” or “uno” to denote the amount of Cien Dolares?October 17, 2019


Why no “un” or “uno” to denote the amount of Cien Dolares?


October 17, 2019


October 17, 2019


mitaine56you can say un millón de dólares, millón is not a number but cien is a number, it does not have an article in front of it. November 13, 2019


you can say un millón de dólares, millón is not a number but cien is a number, it does not have an article in front of it.


November 13, 2019


November 13, 2019


EmeraldPhoenix1Millón is most definitely a number.February 19, 2020


Millón is most definitely a number.


February 19, 2020


February 19, 2020


mitaine56emerald- wrong millón is a noun, not a number. Take a look in a dictionary. Millón, noun, singular, masculine, a number can’t have a gender. Millones is masculine noun, plural. Cien is an numeral adjective, invariable.February 20, 2020


emerald- wrong millón is a noun, not a number. Take a look in a dictionary. Millón, noun, singular, masculine, a number can’t have a gender. Millones is masculine noun, plural. Cien is an numeral adjective, invariable.


February 20, 2020


February 20, 2020


mary914730902I have the same question as Stevencochs: When do you put ‘de’ between the number and the dollars/pesos and when don’t you?July 15, 2019


I have the same question as Stevencochs: When do you put ‘de’ between the number and the dollars/pesos and when don’t you?


July 15, 2019


July 15, 2019


mitaine56mary914730- you use de with millón, it’s not considered like a number. un millón de dólares, cien dólares, treinta dólares.November 13, 2019


mary914730- you use de with millón, it’s not considered like a number. un millón de dólares, cien dólares, treinta dólares.


November 13, 2019


November 13, 2019


Cayuga1ThanksNovember 14, 2019


Thanks


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