Shopping, Prices, and Quantities

Handle basic shopping interactions by asking prices, stating quantities, and understanding totals.

Ask and answer prices with いくら and 円.Order items with quantities and ください.Understand simple totals and change in short shop exchanges.

Guided study

Asking the price

Use いくらですか to ask how much something costs. In answers, the price usually appears as a number plus 円.

このかばんはいくらですか。

How much is this bag?

いくらですか is the core shopping question for price.

このシャツは五百円です。

This shirt is 500 yen.

The answer uses a price plus 円.

その本は百円です。

That book is 100 yen.

Very short price answers are common in shops.

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