The Finnish pronunciation for "euro" is . In Finnish, the form "sentti" is used for the cent – the letter 'c' is generally not used in Finnish, and nativized Finnish words cannot end in consonant combinations like '-nt', therefore an extra vowel 'i' is added. "euro" and "sentti" are declined like many other existing words ending in "-o" and "-i", and "sentti" displays consonant gradation (genitive "euron", "sentin"). With numerals, the partitive singulars "euroa" and "senttiä" are used, e.g., "10 euroa". This is abbreviated "10 €", where the "€" symbol takes the role of the word "euroa" (never *"€10" or *"10€"). The colon notation ("€:a") must not be used with the partitive of "euro" when the number is in the nominative. In general, colon notation should be avoided and, for example, one should write "euron" or "euroa" instead of "€:n" or "€:a".