Demonstratives and question words
いくら
how much (price)
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How to form it
- Noun + は + いくらですか: これはいくらですか
- いくら + verb: いくらかかりますか
- Answer: Number + 円です
Register: Neutral
Explanation
The question word for price or amount of money.
It is also used for amounts of money in general. For quantities of things, use いくつ or 何個.
Examples
この本はいくらですか。
このほんはいくらですか。
How much is this book?
全部でいくらですか。
ぜんぶでいくらですか。
How much is it in total?
いくらかかりますか。
いくらかかりますか。
How much does it cost?
Compare with
- 何: 何 asks what; いくら asks how much money.
Common mistakes
- Using いくら to ask about a number of things.
- Using いくつ for a price.