Learn how to ask the price of something
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| Let's look at some examples. |
| Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers. |
| Сколько стоит кофе? (Skol'ko stoit kofe?) |
| Сколько стоит кофе? (Skol'ko stoit kofe?) |
| Сколько стоит чай? (Skol'ko stoit chay?) |
| Сколько стоит чай? (Skol'ko stoit chay?) |
| Сколько стоит торт? (Skol'ko stoit tort?) |
| Сколько стоит торт? (Skol'ko stoit tort?) |
| Почём это? (Pochyom eto?) |
| Почём это? (Pochyom eto?) |
| Сколько это стоит? (Skol'ko eto stoit?) |
| Сколько это стоит? (Skol'ko eto stoit?) |
| Did you notice how I used a slightly different pattern? |
| Сколько это стоит? (Skol'ko eto stoit?) |
| Literally means "how much this costs," but translates as "How much does this cost?" |
| First is сколько (skol’ko) "how much" in this context. Сколько. Сколько. |
| Next is это (eto), "this." Это. Это. |
| You can use this word while pointing at something near you. It’s useful when you want to refer to something you don't know the word for in Russian. |
| Next is стоит (stoit), “costs.” Стоит. Стоит. |
| Стоит is from the verb стоить (stoit’), “to cost.” Стоить. |
| All together, it's Сколько это стоит? (Skol'ko eto stoit?) This literally translates as, “How much this costs?” But it translates as "How much [does] this cost?" |
| You should be aware of this shortcut, but for this lesson, we’ll use the pattern |
| Сколько стоит ITEM? (Skol’ko stoit? ITEM) |
| "How much does ITEM cost?" |
| кофе (kofe) |
| “coffee” |
| кофе |
| кофе |
| чай (chay) |
| "tea" |
| чай |
| чай |
| торт (tort) |
| “cake” |
| торт |
| торт |
| это (eto) |
| “this” |
| это |
| это |
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