"De betalar tio miljoner för hotellet."

Translation: They are paying ten million for the hotel.

[michel404]

I hope it is a double room for that money!

[devalanteriel]

Ten million for the hotel in this case, I'd think, not for a room. :)

[daneosaurus]

In english you don't have to, but I assume you have to pluralize the thousand, million, billion or whatever in cases like this? "två miljoner" as opposed to "två miljon"?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, miljon/miljard (million/billion) has to be pluralized when referring to more than one. Tusen (thousand) doesnt need that though, so it's just "tre tusen kronor", for example.

[daneosaurus]

Tack, jag förstår.

[Zmrzlina]

Varsågod. :)

[Sjodni]

So, what numbers are not plural?
Så, vad nummer är plural inte? (Was that right?)

[devalanteriel]

No, that's Vilka nummer är inte plural? or Vad för, but not just Vad.

[Zmrzlina]

That's just the way Swedish works.

[Biggy786177]

Why not millions instead of million?

[devalanteriel]

It's not grammatical in English.

[NatalieBoa3]

Is it colloquial to say this? Should we include the word dollars as in English?

[devalanteriel]

No, it's fine to not include it in either language.

[erikpojke]

Are we playing Monopoly?

[devalanteriel]

Monopoly (or Monopol in Swedish) is much cheaper than that! The most expensive property is Norrmalmstorg, which will cost you 8 000 kr to purchase. :)

[Crickett.Oh]

What is wrong with ‘They are paying’ as opposed to ‘They pay’?

[devalanteriel]

Nothing - that's also accepted, as noted above.

[Crickett.Oh]

Thanks, just wondering why ’They are paying’ was marked wrong.

[devalanteriel]

Either you made an error or there was a bug. Given the lack of complexity in this sentence, I'm inclined to believe the latter.

[AnaBird2]

What hotel is this? Is it coated in gold? (:

[devalanteriel]

Ten million SEK for an hotel honestly doesn't sound that expensive. :)

[AnaBird2]

I suppose! In euros or pounds sounds alot, but not in SEK :p

[devalanteriel]

Sure, depends on the hotel. I think that would be very, very cheap for a lot of hotels as well. :)

[Ryzhaze]

Would på hotellet Work here?

[devalanteriel]

No, that would mean they're at the hotel, paying ten million for something unspecified.

[ILF17]

They pay for the hotel ten million - was marked incorrect. Why?

[devalanteriel]

It's only idiomatic (if not grammatical) in English to put the object last here.