Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
How to ask the prices of things in many different languages.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Hoeveel kos dit? |
| Albanian | Sa kushton ajo? |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(bikam da?) بكم ده؟ |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | f - (bikam hādihi?) بكم هذه؟ \ m - (bikam hādhā?) بكم هذا؟ |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (bsshal?) بشحال |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Ի՞նչ արժե: (Inch arzhe?) |
| Azerbaijani | 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 (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? |
| 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? |
| Georgian | რა ღირს? (ra ghirs?) |
| German | Wieviel kostet das? |
| Greek | Πόσο κοστίζει αυτό; (Póso kostízi aftó?) Πόσα κοστίζει αυτό; (Pósa kostízi aftó?) Πόσο κάνει αυτό; (Póso káni aftó?) |
| Hawaiian | ʻEhia? |
| Hebrew | (Kama ze ole?) כמה זה עולה? |
| 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? |
| 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 | Wéivill kascht dat? |
| 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 | He aha te utu? |
| Norwegian | Hva koster denne/dette? |
| Nepali | यो कति हो? (yo kati ho) |
| Occitan | Quant es? |
| Persian | (gheymatesh chande?) قيمتش چنده؟ (gheymate in chand ast?) قيمت اين 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? |
| Shona | Chinoita marii? |
| 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? |
| Tamil | இது எவ்வளவு (idhu evvalavu?) |
| Telugu | దీని ధర ఎంత ? (dheeni dhara eṅtha?) |
| Thai | ราคาเท่าไหร่ (ra ka thao rai?) |
| Tibetan | གོང་ག་ཚད་རེད (gong gâtsay ray?) |
| Tok Pisin | Hamas long dispela? |
| Tongan | 'Oku fiha e? |
| Turkish | Ne kadar? |
| Ukrainian | Скільки це коштує? (Skiľky 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? |
| Yorùbá | Eelo ni eyi? |
| Zulu | Kubiza malini? |
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