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INTRODUCTION
In South Africa, the currency is the Rand. At the time this was written, the exchange rate was roughly 11 Rand 60 cents to the US dollar and 8 US cents to 1 Rand. 1 Euro will cost you 13 Rand 60 cents, and 1 Rand will cost you 7.5 Eurocents. It is 17 Rand and 80 cents to the British Pound and 5 British Pence to 1 Rand. The currency includes 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 Rand notes, and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, as well as 1, 2 and 5 Rand coins. In addition to a picture of former president Nelson Mandela, each note also has a different animal from the Safari Big Five on the back, and the name of the South African Reserve bank in two of the official languages. In Afrikaans, the South African Reserve bank is called Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank.

Lesson focus
Let's try to say prices in Afrikaans. Let's start with 28 Rand 25 cents.
First, you say the number, followed by the currency unit Rand. Twenty-eight in Afrikaans is Agt en twintig so 28 rand in Afrikaans is Agt en twintig rand.
(slow) Agt en twintig rand.
Agt en twintig rand.
Then we have 25 cents. Twenty-five in Afrikaans is vyf en twintig and cents is the singular word sent in Afrikaans. You could also use sente, which is the plural form of sent. When talking about prices you can use both singular and plural.
Altogether, you can say vyf en twintig sent.
(slow) vyf en twintig sent.
vyf en twintig sent.
Note that before you say 25 cents, you need to add the conjunction en, which means “and.” Now say “28 Rand 25 cents” in Afrikaans.
(slow) Agt en twintig rand en vyf en twintig sent.
Agt en twintig rand en vyf en twintig sent.
It literally means “28 Rand AND 25 Cents.”
Saying Rand and sent is not so common in South Africa, so it sounds natural if you just say the numbers. For example, “28 Rand AND 25 Cents” can be said Agt en twintig vyf en twintig. which literally means “28, 25.”
(slow) Agt en twintig vyf en twintig
Agt en twintig vyf en twintig
In this case, make sure to pause after the number for Rand to make sure that it’s clear which number is for rand and which is for cent. Here it is again.
(slow) Agt en twintig vyf en twintig
Agt en twintig vyf en twintig
In context it would be clear that this means “28 Rand AND 25 Cents,” or literally "twenty-eight twenty-five.”
Let’s hear the phrase once more. If you want to say 49 Rand 99 cents, you can say...
Nege en veertig Rand en nege en negentig sent.
It literally means “49 rand and 99 cents.”
(slow) Nege en veertig Rand en nege en negentig sent.
Nege en veertig Rand en nege en negentig sent.
Or, in a shorter version, you can say Nege en veertig nege en negentig which literally means “forty nine and ninety nine.”

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