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How to ask the prices of things in many different languages.
| Language | How much is this? |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Hoeveel kos dit? |
| Albanian | Sa kushton ajo? |
| Alsatian | Was koschtet das? |
| Amharic | ሰንት ንው ዋጋው፧ (sent new wagaw?) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(bikam da?) بكم ده؟ |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Adday se3ro? |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
f - (bikam hādihi?) بكم هذه؟ \ m - (bikam hādhā?) بكم هذا؟ |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(bshhal?) بشحال |
| Aragonese | Quánto? |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Ի՞նչ արժե: (Inch arzhe?) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Ասիկա ինչքա՞ն կ'արժէ: (Aseega eenchkan garzhe?) |
| Assamese | এইটোৰ দাম কিমান? (eitur ḍaam kimaan?) |
| Azeri | Bu neçəyədir? |
| Basque | Zenbat balio du? |
| Belarusian | Колькі? (Kolki?) |
| Bengali | এই জিনিসটার কত দাম? (ei jinishṭar kôto dam?) |
| Breton | Pegement e koust an dra-mañ? |
| Bulgarian | Колко струва? (Kolko struva?) Колко струва това? (Kolko struva tova?) |
| Catalan | Quant costa això? |
| Chamorro | Kuånto båli-ña este? |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
呢個幾多錢呀? (Nīgo géidō chín a?) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
這個幾多錢? (ia ke ki3to1 ts'ien2?) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
這個多少錢? [这个多少钱?] (Zhège duōshǎo qián?) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
几钿? (cihdih?) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
若多錢?(lōa-chōe/chē chîⁿ) |
| Cornish | Pygemmys yw? |
| Corsican | Quantu costa? |
| 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 tio kostas? Kiom kostas? |
| Estonian | Kui palju see maksab? |
| Faroese | Hvussu nógv kostar hettar her? Hvat kostar hetta? |
| Fijian | E vica na kena i-sau? |
| Finnish | Paljonko tämä maksaa? |
| French | C'est combien ? Ça fait combien ? Ça coûte combien ? |
| Frisian (North) | Hü foole kooste dåt? |
| Frisian (West) | Wat kostet dit? |
| Friulian | Trop costial chest? Trop vegnial chest? |
| Galician | Canto custa isto? Canto é? |
| Georgian | რა ღირს? (ra ghirs?) |
| German | Wieviel kostet das? |
| German (Bavarian) | Wo̱s kosddn dees? |
| Greek (Modern) | Πόσα κοστίζει αυτό; (Pósa kostízi aftó?) Πόσο κάνει αυτό; (Póso káni aftó?) |
| Greenlandic | Qanoq akeqarpa/t? |
| Gujarati | આનો શું ભાવ છે? (aano su bhav chhe?) |
| Haitian Creole | Konbyen? |
| Hausa | Nawa ne? |
| Hawaiian | ʻEhia? |
| Hebrew | (Kama ze ole?) כמה זה עולה? |
| Hindi | कितने का है? (kitane kā hai?) |
| Hungarian | Ez mennyibe kerül? Mennyibe kerül ez? |
| Icelandic | Hvað kostar þetta? |
| Indonesian | Berapa harganya? |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓇ ᖃᑦᓯᑦ? (Una Qapsit/Qassit/Qatsit?) |
| Iñupiaq | Una Qavsit/Qapsit? |
| 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? |
| Kannada | ಇದರ ಬೆಲೆ ಎಷ್ಟು? (idara bele eshtu?) |
| Kazakh | Бұл қанша тұрады? (Bul qanşa turadı?) |
| Khmer | នេះថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន? (nih th'lay pohnmaan?) |
| Kinyarwanda | Nangahe? |
| Korean | 이게 얼마예요? (ige eolmayeyo?) |
| Lakota Sioux | Lé mázaska tóna he? |
| Lao | ເທົ່າໃດ? (thao da̖i?) |
| Latin | Quanti constat? |
| Latvian | Cik tas maksā? |
| Lithuanian | Kiek šitas kainuoja? Kiek tai kainuoja? |
| Luxembourgish | Wéivill kascht dat? |
| Macedonian | Колку чини ова? (Kolku chini ova?) Колку е ова? (Kolku e ova?) |
| Malay | Berapa harganya ini? |
| Malayalam | ഇതിന് എന്തു വില? (ithinu enthu vila?) |
| Maldivian | Agu kihaavareh? |
| Maltese | Kemm jiswa dan? |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Quoid ta shoh? |
| Māori | He aha te utu? |
| Mongolian | Энэ ямар үнэтэй вэ? (Ene ymar unetei ve?) |
| Norwegian | Hva koster denne? Hva koster dette? |
| Nepali | यो कति हो? (yo kati ho) |
| Occitan | Quant es? |
| Oriya | E ha ra dam kete? |
| Papiamento | Kwanto esaki ta costa? Cuanto esaki ta costa? |
| Persian (Farsi) | (gheymatesh chande?) قيمتش چنده؟ (gheymate in chand ast?) قيمت اين چند است؟ |
| Polish | Ile to kosztuje? |
| Portuguese | Quanto custa? |
| Punjabi | ਇਹ ਕਿੱਨੇ('ਕ) ਦਾ/ਦੀ ਹੈ? / ایہہ کِنے دا، دی ہے؟ (ih kinnē('k) dā/dī he?) |
| Quechua | ¿Hayk'ataq kay? ¿Haykataq kay? |
| Romanian | Cât costă? |
| Romansh | Con cuosta quei? |
| Russian | Сколько это стоит? (Skol'ko eto stoit?) |
| Samoan | E fia le tau? |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Cantu costat? |
| Scottish Gaelic | Dè a' phrìs tha seo? Dè tha e 'cosg? Dè na tha seo? |
| Serbian | Колико ово кошта? (Koliko ovo košta?) |
| Sesotho | Ke bokae? |
| Shona | Chinoita marii? |
| Sinhala | කියද? (kiyeda?) කියද මෙක? (kiyeda meka?) |
| Sicilian | Cuantu costa? |
| Slovak | Koľko to stojí? |
| Slovenian | Koliko je to? Koliko to stane? |
| Somali | Meeqo waaye? |
| Spanish | ¿Cuánto cuesta? ¿Cuánto cuesta esto? |
| Swahili | Hii ni bei gani? |
| Swedish | Hur mycket kostar det? |
| Swiss German | Was koschtet das? |
| Tagalog | Magkano ho ito? Magkano to? |
| Tahitian | E hia moni teie? |
| Tamil | இது எவ்வளவு (idhu evvalavu?) |
| Telugu | దీని ధర ఎంత ? (dheeni dhara eṅtha?) |
| Tetum | Ida ne'e folin hira? |
| Thai | ราคาเท่าไหร่ (raa-kaa tâo rài?) |
| Tibetan | གོང་ག་ཚད་རེད (gong gâtsay ray?) |
| Tigrinya | ክንደይ’ዩ ዋግኡ እዚ? (Kndeyu Wag’u Ezi?) |
| Tok Pisin | Hamas long dispela? Em hao mas? |
| Tongan | 'Oku fiha e? |
| Tswana | E ke bokae? |
| Turkish | Ne kadar? |
| Ukrainian | Скільки це коштує? (Skiľky ce koštuje?) |
| Urdu | (yeh kitne ka hai?) یہ کِتنےکاہے؟ |
| Uzbek | Necha pul turadi? Buning narhi qancha? |
| Venetian | Cuanto cósteƚo? Cuanto cuesto? |
| Vietnamese | Cái này giá bao nhiêu? |
| Võro | Ku pall'o tuu mass? |
| Welsh | Faint yw hwn (m) / hon (f) ? |
| Wolof | Ñaata lay jar? |
| Yiddish | (Vi tayer iz dos?) װי טײַער איז דאָס? |
| Xhosa | Yimalini? |
| Yapese | Iyin pulwon? |
| Yorùbá | Eelo ni eyi? |
| Yucatec Maya | Bahúux? Bahúux leti'? |
| Zulu | Kubiza malini? |
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