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?
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? (Kolku chini ova?) Колку е ова? (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? (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?
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?
Vietnamese	Cái này giá bao nhiêu?
Welsh	Faint yw hwn (m) / hon (f) ?
Yiddish	(Vi tayer iz dos?) װי טײַער איז דאָס?
Xhosa	Yimalini?
Zulu	Kubiza malini?

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