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- "Det kostar tusentals kronor."
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It's like the -s in hundreds.
100 hundra –hundratals – hundreds
1000 tusen – tusentals - thousands
10 tio – tiotals – tens (not used as much) and some others are also possible
Those denote 'round numbers' of things, an "in the ballpark" figure. hundratals or hundreds = 'several hundred of something' (so maybe 200-900).
tal means number as in 'mathematical object' (like in '4 is an even number')
antal means number as in 'a number of things'
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It's like the -s in hundreds.
Well, yes, you can translate 'tusentals' as 'thousands', 'hundratals' as 'hundreds', and so on. But the -s in the Swedish word is a genitive -s, not a plural -s, so the Swedish and English constructions are really not that parallel.
The indefinite plural of tal is tal.
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I would use 'kronor' in the English, just as in Swedish. (Look at the Swedish sentence that begins this page: 'Det kostar tusentals kronor.')