--- title: Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more», a lesson of the money course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Every country chooses its own money, called its currency: Ukraine has the hryvnia (₴), China the yuan (¥), Japan the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/) / Money around the world: euros, hryvnia… # Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more Lesson 3 of the money course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/0/) — Every country chooses its own money, called its currency: Ukraine has the hryvnia (₴), China the yuan (¥), Japan the yen (¥), Nigeria the naira, the USA the dollar and the UK the pound, while many European countries share the euro (€). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/1/) — A 100-hryvnia note from Gran in Kyiv buys crisps in Kyiv, but a London shop will not take it, because London shops take pounds; to spend it you first swap it at a bank or exchange shop. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/2/) — The exchange rate says how much of one money you get for another; a big number on a price does not mean a big price, because a Japanese sweet may cost 100 yen and still be cheap. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/3/) — Money-changing shops give you a little less than the real rate and keep the difference as their pay, and airport shops often give the worst rates because travellers are in a hurry. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/4/) — A currency is the kind of money a country uses. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/5/) — Ukraine uses the hryvnia (₴), China the yuan (also called renminbi), Japan the yen, Nigeria the naira and Canada the Canadian dollar. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/6/) — About twenty European countries, including Ireland, France and Spain, share one currency, the euro. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/7/) — The exchange rate tells you how much of one currency you get for another, and it changes from day to day. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/8/) — Exchange shops give you less than the real rate and keep the difference; this is how they are paid. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/9/) — A small number on a foreign price tag does not mean it is cheap; you must think what it is in your own money. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/10/) — Canada's $1 coin is called a "loonie" because it shows a bird called a loon; the $2 coin is the "toonie". - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/11/) — Each country's central bank looks after its money, which lets the country make its own money choices. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/12/) — Leftover foreign coins still have value abroad; many airports have charity boxes for them, and banks often will not swap coins back. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/13/) — When you buy online from another country, the price is changed into your money, and the bank may add a small fee. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/15/) — Prices are different in every country and every year, so comparing them needs to know where and when. - ← previous: [Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents/) - next →: [Swaps and barter in the playground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground/) - ↑ back to [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/)