Learn to ask, "How much?"
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| Hallo, ich heiße Laura. Hi everybody! I’m Laura. |
| Welcome to GermanPod101.com’s “Deutsch in 3 Minuten”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn German. |
| In the last lesson we learned how to count in German. I hope you spent some time practicing the numbers, because they will come in handy today. We’re going to learn how to go shopping in Germany! |
| Before we go, you need to know how to say “How much is it?” |
| Wie viel kostet das? |
| [slowly] Wie viel kostet das? |
| Are you ready to go shopping in Germany? Let’s go! |
| You see something you like and want to ask the shop clerk how much it costs. The first thing to say to a shop clerk is… Entschuldigung, do you remember what that means? "Excuse me!" |
| Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet das? |
| [slowly] Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet das? |
| If we want to be more specific when asking "how much is this?" and refer to a certain type of object, we first need to drop the word das. Next, we need to know if the object is a masculine, feminine or neuter object. If it is masculine add dieser when referring to it, or diese for a feminine object and dieses for a neuter one. And then say the noun |
| For example, "hat" is a masculine noun. Der Hut. |
| Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet dieser Hut? "Excuse me, how much is this hat?" |
| [slowly] Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet dieser Hut? |
| And “pants” is a feminine noun. Die Hose. |
| Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet diese Hose? "Excuse me, how much is this pair of pants?" |
| [slowly] Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet diese Hose? |
| Finally “book” is a neuter noun . Das Buch. |
| So You would say: |
| Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet dieses Buch? “Excuse me, how much is this book?” |
| [slowly]“Entschuldigung, wie viel kostet dieses Buch?” |
| At this point the shop clerk can answer by saying: |
| Das kostet … |
| Das macht… |
| or |
| Das sind… |
| And then the number, followed by “Euro.” |
| For example: |
| Das kostet neununddreißig Euro! |
| Das macht neununddreißig Euro! |
| or |
| Das sind neununddreißig Euro! |
| What number is neununddreißig? I’m not telling you! Okay, okay, it’s "thirty-nine"! "It costs thirty-nine euros." |
| Now it’s time for Laura’s Insights. |
| A quicker way to ask “How much?” is Wie viel? Which literally means “How much?” Even when you ask for a beer at the counter of a bar, you can ask the cashier Ein Bier ist wie viel bitte? “How much is one beer, please?” |
| At this point, can you count euros in German? We are going to learn how to do this and much more in the next lesson! |
| I’ll be waiting for you in our next Deutsch in 3 Minuten lesson. |
| Bis bald! |
Comments
Hide