How Much is this?(بكم هذا؟)
| Arabic | Transcription | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| هذا | haadha | this (masc.) |
| هذه | haadhihi | this (fem) |
In Arabic to ask how much something costs, you can point to the object and use:
| Arabic | Transcription | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| بكم هذا؟ | bikam haadha? | How much is this? |
If you know the name of the object, you can specify what you are talking about by stating it using this format:
| Arabic | Transcription | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| بكم هذ ا ال___؟ | bikam haadha al_____? | How much is this___(masculine object)? |
In this phrase, the definite article ال (al-) must be added to the noun that you are talking about.
But remember, if you know the object, then you know the object's grammatical gender, so you must appropriately change هذا to هذه if the object is feminine.
| Arabic | Transcription | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| بكم هذ ه ال__؟ | bikam haadha al_____? | How much is this (feminine object)? |
The answer to this is simply given with the phrase:
| Arabic | Transcription | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| .هذا-ولار | haadha _____ doowlaar | This is ______ dollars. |
Or, if you have already named the object, you can use these two phrases, depending on whether the object is masculine or feminine:
| Gender | Arabic | Transcription | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | هذ ا ال__ يكلف .دولار- | haadha al(masc. object) yaklaf (amount) doowlaar. | This masc. object costs amount dollars. |
| Feminine | هذ ه ال____ تكلف .دولار- | haadhihi al(fem. object) taklaf (amount) doowlaar. | This fem.object costs amount dollars. |
Note that there are two differences between the above phrases:هذا
(masc) vs هذه (feminine) as well as the beginnings of the verb to cost يكلف (yaklaf- masculine) vs تكلف (taklaf- feminine)
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