How much is this? / How much does this cost?

How to ask the prices of things in many different languages.

Language Phrase
Afrikaans Hoeveel kos dit?
Albanian Sa kushton ajo?
Arabic (Modern Standard) f - (bikam haadihi?) بكم هذه؟ \ m - (bikam haadaa?) بكم هذا؟
Arabic (Egyptian) (bikam da?) بكم ده؟
Arabic (Moroccan) (bsshal?) بشحال
Armenian (Eastern) Ի՞նչ արժե: (Inch arzhe?)
Azerbaijani Bu neçəyədir?
Basque Zenbat balio du?
Belarusian Колькі? (Kolki?)
Breton Pegement e koust an dra-mañ?
Bulgarian Колко струва? (Kolko struva?)
Колко струва това? (Kolko struva tova?)
Catalan Quant costa això?
Chamorro Kuanto baliña?
Chinese (Cantonese) 呢個幾多錢呀? (Nīgo géidō chín a?)
Chinese (Mandarin) 這個多少錢? [这个多少钱?] (Zhège duōshǎo qián?)
Chinese (Shanghainese) 几钿? (cîdî)
Chinese (Taiwanese) 偌濟錢? (goa7-che7-chin5)
Cornish Pygemmys yw?
Croatian Koliko je to? Koliko košta ovo?
Czech Kolik je to? Kolik to stojí?
Danish Hvad koster det? Hvor meget koster det?
Dutch Hoeveel kost dit?
Esperanto Kiom kostas ĉi-tio?
Estonian Kui palju see maksab?
Fijian E vica na kena i-sau?
Finnish Paljonko tämä maksaa?
French C'est combien? Click here to hear this phrase
Frisian (North) Hü foole kooste dåt?
Frisian (West) Wat kostet dit?
Friulian Trop costial chest? Trop vegnial chest?
Georgian რა ღირს? (ra ghirs?)
German Wieviel kostet das?
Greek Πόσα κοστίζει αυτό; (Posa kostizi afto?)
Hawaiian ʻEhia?
Hebrew (Kama ze ole?) כמה זה עולה?
Hungarian Mennyibe kerül ez?
Icelandic Hvað kostar þetta?
Indonesian Berapa harganya?
Inuktitut ᖃᑦᓯᕌᖅᐸ (Qatsiraaqpa)
Irish (Gaelic) Cá mhéad atá seo? Cá mhéad?
Italian Quanto costa?
Japanese いくらですか (ikura desu ka?)
Jèrriais Combein qu'ch'est?
Kazakh Бұл қанша тұрады (Bul qanşa turadı?)
korean 이게 얼마예요? (ige eolmayeyo?)
Lao ເທົ່າໃດ? (thao da̖i?)
Latin Quanti constat?
Latvian Cik tas maksā?
Lithuanian Kiek šitas kainuoja? Kiek tai kainuoja?
Luxembourgish Weivill kascht daat?
Macedonian Колку чини ова? Click here to hear this phrase (Kolku chini ova?)
Колку е ова? Click here to hear this phrase (Kolku e ova?)
Malay Berapa harganya ini?
Maltese Kemm jiswa dan?
Manx Quoid ta shoh?
Māori E hia te utu?
Norwegian Hva koster denne/dette?
Occitan Quant es?
Persian (gheymatesh chand ast?) قیمتش چند است؟
Polish Ile to kosztuje?
Portuguese Quanto custa?
Romanian Cât costă?
Russian Сколько это стоит? Click here to hear this phrase (Skol'ko eto stoit?)
Scottish Gaelic Dè 'phrìs tha seo? Dè tha e 'cosg?
Serbian Колико ово кошта? (Koliko ovo košta?)
Sesotho Ke bokae?
Sicilian Cuantu costa?
Slovak Koľko to stojí?
Slovenian Koliko je to? Koliko to stane?
Spanish ¿Cuánto cuesta? ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?
Swahili Hii ni bei gani?
Swedish Hur mycket kostar det? Click here to hear this phrase
Tagalog Magkáno hó ito? Magkáno to?
Thai ราคาเท่าไหร่ (ra ka thao rai?)
Tibetan གོང་ག་ཚད་རེད
(gong gâtsay ray?)
Tok Pisin Hamas long dispela?
Turkish Ne kadar?
Ukrainian Скільки це коштує? (Skilʼky ce koštuje?)
Urdu (yeh kitne ka hai?) یہ کِتنےکاہے؟
Uzbek Necha pul turadi? Buning narhi qancha? Click here to hear this phrase
Vietnamese Cái này giá bao nhiêu?
Welsh Faint yw hwn (m) / hon (f) ? Click here to hear this phrase
Yiddish (Vi tayer iz dos?) װי טײַער איז דאָס?
Xhosa Yimalini?
Zulu Kubiza malini?

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