"いくらですか？"

Translation: How much is it?

[KiwoongPar2]

Shouldn't this be "How much is it?" rather than "How much?"

[hiba226886]

Yes and 'how much is it' is an acceptable answer because I jused used it and passed.

[dangercrow]

Amen... It'd be good if we used proper English to learn proper Japanese

[MrBreadd]

29 jan it worked for me

[BryanLen]

For prices only, or other measures too?

[MacPanFtw]

I think prices only, someone correct me if I'm wrong

[nana597650]

Just for prices, other things have its own

[realdashiedash]

Also, correct me if I'm wrong.

I think "how much" is exclusive to prices only. Measures have other interrogatives like "how long/short" for length, "how far/near" for distance, "how hot/cold" for temperatures, etc.

[Julioindaworld]

It's not only for prices. "how much" is for uncontable quantities. For example: how much sand/water/love is there?

[Estonian_kiddo]

Love is on another level of uncountability xD

[Mihokori]

2 pounds take it or leave it

[Batatahh]

How much do you weight?

[Sam681255]

Exact translation for "how much is it?". It's about prices only, not quantities.

[madison343826]

Then how would you ask the number of something, like how many puppies are there. I saw some other people saying this wasnt just for prices.

Sorry if I sound skeptical or anything, I'm just trying to make sense of it.

[Andrew-Lin]

The same word written in katakana イクラ means "red caviar" (Search on wiki if you don't have idea about what it is, it's a common ingredient for Japanese sushi.)
Of course no one will misunderstand you if you want to ask about price in Japan, though :D

[sotnosen93]

Would that mean if you're buying caviar you can ask イクラはいくらですか？ Because that would amuse me more than it probably should.

[envacance]

イクラ comes from икра which is Russian (ikra) so katakana is used. The words are unrelated.

[theenky]

i literally answered this one with "is this salmon roe?" lol

[ThisOneIsNice]

イクラかな。。。＝Hm... Red caviar, huh?
いくらかな。。。＝Hm... How much is it, I wonder?

[tjfwalker]

What's with that question mark? All other exercises I've seen featured the full stop punctuation 「。」 to terminate the question and relied on the 「か」as the last character to communicate a question.

[GabrielYuji96]

It is optional. Originally, question marks were not part of the Japanese writing style (at least says so Wikipedia: "疑問符は元来の日本語の書法にはない"¹). "However, the question mark is very commonly used, especially in casual and creative writing and in manga."² I'd say Western influence changed the writing style. Now it's very common³. However, it is not usually used in formal Japanese¹¹.

¹https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%96%91%E5%95%8F%E7%AC%A6#%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E

²https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_punctuation#Question_mark

³http://yesjapan.com/YJ6/question/896/do-japanese-people-use-question-marks

¹¹https://cotoacademy.com/japanese-punctuation/

[WFsvHJ]

Could it be translated as "How much are you"?

In other examples, it seems to me that when the subject is omitted, it implies you in a question and I in a descriptive sentence.

[TyrantRC]

yes, you can ask a prostitute how much is she with this sentence.

[ekoi1995]

when to use いくつ　and 　いくら？

[MacPanFtw]

いくら is just for value (money) if I'm not wrong

[Steven986698]

Good ol' Emma Chiset.

[hmcliesh1]

what is wrong with "what does it cost?"
it was marked wrong

[--Monalisa--]

幾らですか（ikura desuka）

[zhoumygod]

So if I say "Is this salmon roe" VS "How much?", is there a difference between the intonation of いくら？