How Do You Ask How Much Something Costs in French?

Here’s how you ask what something costs in French.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as the video plays!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for these phrases:

How much is it?	Show C’est combien?
How much does it come to?	Show Ça fait combien?
How much does it cost?	Show Combien ça coûte?
It’s one euro.	Show C’est un euro.
That comes to 2 euro.	Show Ça vous fait deux euro.
It costs 15 euro.	Show Ça coûte 15 euro.

Notes on Usage

One of the first things you’ll likely want to do in France is to ask how much something costs, for which the word combien, ‘how much,’ comes in handy:

C’est combien?
How much is it?

C’est
It is…

1 euro

2 euros

3 euros

Ça fait combien?
How much does it come to?

Ça vous fait
That makes (for you)…

1 euro

2 euros

3 euros

Combien ça coûte?
How much does it cost?

Ça coûte…
It costs…

1 euro

2 euros

3 euros