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LESSON NOTES

Asking How Much Something


Costs

CONTENTS
2 Kanji
2 Kana
2 Romanization
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight
KANJI

1. これはいくらですか。

2. これ、いくら?

3. じゃあ、これをください。

4. すみません、ちょっと高いです。

KANA

1. これはいくらですか。

2. これ、いくら?

3. じゃあ、これをください。

4. すみません、ちょっとたかいです。

ROMANIZATION

1. Kore wa ikura desu ka.

2. Kore, ikura?

3. Jā, kore o kudasai.

4. Sumimasen, chotto takai desu.

ENGLISH

CONT'D OVER

2
1. How much does this cost?

2. How much does this cost? (informal)

3. Okay, I'll take it.

4. No, thanks. It's too expensive.

VOCABULARY

Kanji Kana Romaji English Class

object marking
を を particle particle

topic marking
は は wa particle particle

question question
か か ka marking particle marking par
ください ください kudasai please give me phrase

これ これ kore this noun

いくら いくら ikura how much adverb

じゃあ じゃあ jā well, then expression

copula (polite
です です desu is form)

excuse me,
すみません すみません sumimasen sorry expression

ちょっと ちょっと chotto a bit adverb

高い たかい takai expensive i-adjective

SAMPLE SENTENCES

3
今日はクリスマスです。 A. 「お元気ですか。」
Kyō wa Kurisumasu desu.
B. 「はい、すごく元気です。」
A. O-genki desu ka.
Today is Christmas.
B. Hai, sugoku genki desu.

A: How are you?


B: I'm great!

1ドルは、何円ですか。 これは何ですか。
Ichi-doru wa nan-en desu ka. Kore wa nan desu ka.

How many yen is it to one dollar? What is this?

あれ?これは私のですか。 おつりはいくらですか。
Are? Kore wa watashi no desu ka. Otsuri wa ikura desu ka.

Huh? Is this mine? How much is the change?

それは高すぎます。
Sore wa takasugimasu.

That's too expensive.

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to ask how much something costs.

Regist er Japanese English

これはいくらですか
。 How much does
Phrase 1 formal (Kore wa ikura t his cost ?
desu ka.)

これ
Word 1
(kore) this

4
いくら
Word 3 (ikura) how much

です
Word 4 (desu) is

か question marking
Word 5 (ka) particle

これ、いくら? How much does


t his cost ?
(Kore, ikura ?)
Phrase 2 informal (informal9

これ
Word 1 (kore) this

いくら
Word 2 (ikura) how much

じゃあ、これをく
ださい。
Phrase 3 (Jā, kore o Okay, I'll t ake it .
kudasai.)

じゃあ
Word 1 (jā) well, then

これ
Word 2 (kore) this

を object marking
Word 3 (o) particle

ください
Word 4 (kudasai) please give me

5
すみません 、ち ょっと
高いです 。
No, t hanks. It 's
(Sumimasen, t oo expensive.
Phrase 4
chotto takai
desu.)

すみません
Word 1 (sumimasen) excuse me, sorry

ちょっと
Word 2 (chotto) a bit

高い
Word 3 (takai) expensive

です
Word 4
CULTURAL INSIGHT (desu) is

In Japan, there are many household goods stores called "100-yen shops" where you can buy
everything for one coin before tax. You don't even need to ask "How much?", これはいくらで
すか。 (Kore wa ikura desu ka) there, right?

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