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Prices and paying
Dialogue
is or are?
- Emma Minsu, do you want to buy these bags?
- Minsu Yes. How much is these bags?
- Emma "These bags" is plural — use "are": How much are these bags?
- Minsu How much are these bags?
Dialogue
At the shop
- Minsu Hello. How much is this bag?
- Assistant It's fifteen dollars.
- Minsu That's cheap. I want to pay by card.
- Assistant Sure. Here you are.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| price | n. | price | |
| dollar | n. | dollar | |
| cent | n. | cent | |
| expensive | adj. | expensive | |
| cheap | adj. | cheap | |
| how much | phr. | how much | |
| pay | v. | pay | |
| cash | n. | cash | |
| card | n. | card | |
| free | adj. | free |
Grammar
"How much is …?" and "How much are …?" "How much is …?" and "How much are …?"
To ask a price, say "How much" + is / are + the thing. Use IS for one thing: How much is this bag? — It's ten dollars. Use ARE for two or more: How much are these apples? — They're four dollars. The verb must match: one → is, many → are. It is the same rule as "this is / these are". To answer, use a price with "dollars": It's five dollars. To say how you pay: I want to pay by card / with cash. Korean keeps one form of the verb for any number, so watch the plural — with "these bags" you must say ARE, not is.
To ask a price, say "How much" + is / are + the thing. Use IS for one thing: How much is this bag? — It's ten dollars. Use ARE for two or more: How much are these apples? — They're four dollars. The verb must match: one → is, many → are. It is the same rule as "this is / these are". To answer, use a price with "dollars": It's five dollars. To say how you pay: I want to pay by card / with cash. Korean keeps one form of the verb for any number, so watch the plural — with "these bags" you must say ARE, not is.
- How much is this? — It's ten dollars. How much is this? — It's ten dollars.
- How much are these apples? — They're four dollars. How much are these apples? — They're four dollars.
- This bag is expensive. These bags are cheap. This bag is expensive. These bags are cheap.
- I want to pay by card. I want to pay by card.
pronunciation
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