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Learn Dutch in Three Minutes #8

How Much?

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The focus of this lesson is How Much? in Dutch

Topic 1: How to go shopping in the Netherlands

Sentence from the lesson:

Hoeveel kost het?
"How much is it?"

1.

1. Before we go, you need to know how to say "How much is it?" Hoeveel kost het?

2. Let's say you see something you like, and want to ask the shopkeeper how much it
costs. The first thing to say is...Pardon. Do you remember what that means? It is
"Excuse me!" Pardon, hoeveel kost het?

3. At this point, the shop clerk can answer by saying: Het kost ... "It costs ..." For
example: Het kost vijfenvijftig euro. What number is vijfenvijftig? It's "fifty-five"! So, this
means "It costs fifty-five euro." Or he could say: Het kost vierenzeventig euro. "It costs
seventy-four euro."

Language Tip

Instead of using "it," het, you can be more specific by saying "this," dit, or "that," dat. So you
can say:

Hoeveel kost dit? is "How much is this?"

Hoeveel kost dat? is "How much is that?"

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