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 we go!
Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for these words:
| How much is it? | |
| How much does it come to? | |
| How much does it cost? | |
| It’s one euro. | |
| That comes to 2 euro. | |
| It costs 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 |
