hryvnia or hryvnias?

English translation: hryvnias

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Ukrainian term or phrase:hryvnia or hryvnias?
English translation:hryvnias

01:05 Dec 12, 2009
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Ukrainian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Ukrainian term or phrase: hryvnia or hryvnias?
The president Yushchenko allocated 3 millions of hryvnia(s)...

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yanadeni (X)
Canada
Local time: 11:37
hryvnias
Explanation:
Just like "1 million dollarS" (without "of")
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Vadim Khazin
Local time: 11:37
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4hryvnias
Vadim Khazin
4 -2Ukrainian currency
Oxana Salazar (X)


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Ukrainian currency


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_hryvnia

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-12-12 01:12:05 GMT)
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українська гривня

Oxana Salazar (X)
Local time: 11:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  The Misha: 3 millions of Ukrainian currency? Have you read the question?
28 mins

disagree  Sergiy79: Why don`t you write 1 million US currency instead of 1 mln dollars??
2 days 18 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
hryvnias


Explanation:
Just like "1 million dollarS" (without "of")

Vadim Khazin
Local time: 11:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Да, спасибо за of. Меня переклинило что-то... С французского перевожу, и, наверное, калька сработала. Меня просто смутило встречающиеся варианты hryvni и hryvnias во множественном числе. Думаю, может, исключение какое, по примеру латинских окончаний -um.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  The Misha: English has its own grammar rules
25 mins
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agree  Vladimir Chumak: 3 million hryvnias
4 hrs
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agree  AndriyRubashnyy
8 hrs
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agree  Alla_K
13 hrs
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