"How much is the wheat flour?"

Translation: Unga wa ngano bei gani?

[trudeam]

What's the difference between "shilingi ngapi" and "bei gani"?

[giraffe__]

more literally, "how many shillings" versus "what is the price". much like "buyer" and "customer" they mean similar ideas

[Isabel149881]

Gani is earlier translated in "tips" as What sort? Which? What kind? and -ngapi? as How many? How much?. Therefore I thought bei ngapi or shilingi ngapi would make more sense than bei gani. Can I take from your reply that bei ngapi is incorrect?

[machieng]

the meaning is the same

[SimonWerman]

"bei ngapi" has been correct in other sentences; why not here?

[TracyTervo]

Why is unga wa ngano ngapi incorrect?

[machieng]

'Ngapi' is 'how many' so you'd say 'unga wa ngano (ni) pesa ngapi?'

Just saying 'ngapi' is colloquial

[TracyTervo]

Thank you

[TurboIntercooler]

it is also misleading to fix "price" to a specific currency ie to the shilling, "shilingi".

[AnthonyFol8]

What is wrong with "Bei gani ni unga wa ngano?

[machieng]

question word should be at the end