"Hai mille amici."
Translation:You have a thousand friends.
June 13, 2013
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rachelg55
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But when the statement is "You have a million friends," the correct answer is "Hai un milione di amici." Why isn't it, "Hai un mille di amici"?
Seems like this (for once) is similar to French - 'mille amis' (no preposition), but 'un million d'amis' (preposition required). Reasoning is, I guess, that 'mille' is a number, like 3 or 4. 'Million' is a quantity, like a kilo, so it needs 'of' after it. Anything like million, billion, trillion is treated as a quantity.
Curtis5888
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I think "You have A LOT of friends" should be accepted. Similar to "Grazie mille", which means "Thanks a lot". Right?!!
Ross_Jailer
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I am not an English native speaker, but which is correct, You have thousand friends or, You have A thousand friends