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ねだんと かいけいPrices and paying

Nedan to kaikei

Price words: nedan, en, takai, yasui, ikura, harau, genkin, kaado, reji, otsuri. The key grammar is "ikura desu ka" and the reply "~en desu". Always add "en" after the number: hyaku en, sen en. English speakers make the mistake of forgetting "en" and saying "hyaku desu" — with the number, say "hyaku en desu". Kana corner: pronouncing the price words.

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ひゃく？ ひゃくえん？— hyaku? hyaku en?

  1. YukiマMaイiクkuさsaんn、こkoのnoふfuくkuはwaいiくkuらraでdeすsuかka？Mike, how much are these clothes?
  2. MikeひゃHyaくkuでdeすsu。It's one hundred. (slip: add the unit "en" → hyaku en desu)
  3. Yuki「えEんn」をoいiいiまmaすsu：ひゃhyaくkuえeんnでdeすsu。Say "en": hyaku en desu.
  4. MikeあA、ひゃhyaくkuえeんnでdeすsu。やYaすsuいiでdeすsuねne。Ah, it's one hundred yen. That's cheap!

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レジで— At the checkout

  1. MikeすSuみmiまmaせseんn、こkoれreはwaいiくkuらraでdeすsuかka？Excuse me, how much is this?
  2. てんいんせSeんnえeんnでdeすsu。It's one thousand yen.
  3. MikeやYaすsuいiでdeすsuねne。こKoれreをoかkaいiたtaいiでdeすsu。That's cheap. I want to buy this.
  4. てんいんあAりriがgaとうtōごgoざzaいiまmaすsu。Thank you.

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ねneだdaんn

nounprice

えeんn

nounyen

たtaかkaいi

adjectiveexpensive (i-adj → takai desu)

やyaすsuいi

adjectivecheap (i-adj → yasui desu)

いiくkuらra

phr.how much

はhaらraうu

verbto pay (→ haraimasu)

げgeんnきkiんn

nouncash

カーkāドdo

nouncard

レreジji

nouncash register, checkout

おoつtsuりri

nounchange (money back)

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Asking a price: "ikura desu ka"

Explanation

To ask a price, say "~ wa ikura desu ka": kore wa ikura desu ka. The answer is "number + en + desu": hyaku en desu, sen en desu. "En" is the money unit and always follows the number. Takai and yasui are i-adjectives, so they take "desu" directly: takai desu, yasui desu. English speakers make the mistake of forgetting "en" and saying "hyaku desu" — always say "hyaku en desu".

Examples

  • これは いくらですか。How much is this?
  • ひゃくえんです。It's one hundred yen.
  • この ふくは たかいです。These clothes are expensive.
  • あの ほんは やすいです。せんえんです。That book is cheap. It is one thousand yen.

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ねだんの ことば— Price Words

Read the sentences in hiragana:

  • これは いくらですか。kore wa ikura desu kaHow much is this?
  • ひゃくえんです。hyaku en desuIt's one hundred yen.
  • この ふくは たかいです。kono fuku wa takai desuThese clothes are expensive.
  • あの ほんは やすいです。ano hon wa yasui desuThat book is cheap.

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