"Det finns hundratals lampor i affären."
Translation:There are hundreds of lamps in the shop.
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can I also say something like "Det finns hundrar lampor i affären"? so what's the special context of using "hundratal"?
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If you say Det finns hundra lampor i affären, you're saying that there are 100 lamps in the shop, and people will wonder how you counted them. hundratals means 'hundreds of', it could be anywhere between 200-900 maybe, you don't know exactly.
I’d say butik is typically a small store that usually specialises in one thing whereas affär is more general and is also used for bigger stores and stores that sell various things etc.
In that case, wouldn't it be most correct to use "butik" in this sentence?
You could, but I think affär is also more general and can be used to cover a lot of butik-senses. But in this case, I imagine the store is quite big and professional since we’re using affär whereas a butik would more be like ”that small lamp-show down the corner”.
