"Quanto è?"
Translation:How much is it?
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I don't know whether colloquially this can be, but I know that 'quanto costa' is the actual Italian for asking the price
Someone told me that I could say "quanto viene?" to ask for a price. I used it in Italy and apparently it was correct. But not sure if they just were polite and didnt correct me. Can some one tell me if that is another way to ask?
Quanto viene? is an old form but it's correct. The most used form is 'quanto costa?' but you can also use 'quant'è? (quanto è?)' even if it's not used so much
"how much" = "quanto"; "How much is it?" = "Quanto è?". But colloquially in English, we do leave out the " is it", so you're not exactly wrong.
According to my textbook, quant'è is an acceptable way to express 'How much is it?' Hope this helps!
which is more often used? "Quanto e?" or "Quant'e questo?" When i was italy, we always used "Quant'e questo?"
The singular form - quanto (masculine) or quanta (feminine) - usually translates as "how much"
The plural - quanti or quante - is usually used for "how many"
Also "How many is it?" isn't really good English - the more common way to say that is "How many are there?" (as you can see the verb is plural here in the English version - as it should be in the Italian equivalent: "Quanti sono?")
Hope that helps
I have heard that Italians combine quanto and e to make it quant'e sort of like dov'e, can anyone confirm this?
Yup, quant'e is acceptable as well i believe. Maybe colloquially it might only be used in certain occassions, but it is used
"Quanto costa" to ask a price. But also is "Quanto è". And just for your curiosity, in Portuguese and Spanish is completely normal asking "Quanto é" (pt) and "cuanto es" (Spanish) to know the price of something
In English we would say "Why does it matter if I say?" That is just to help you with your English.. Now, to answer your question, in a question the verb usually comes before the subject: "how much is it?" instead of "how much it is?" The answer,since it is not a question, would be "It is fifteen", or "it is a lot" or "it is not enough."
I'm struggling a lot in this lesson, because I don't even know how to formulate questions in English... Shame on me...
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I'm Not Sure I Understand What You're Saying, But "Quanto" Means "How Much", Not Just "How". Hope This Helps!
Are any Spanish speakers also forgetting to spell "Quanto" with a q instead of a c?
I get it wrong both ways. Using Q in Spanish and C in Italian. If it were reallyeasy we would all be multilingual.
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I guess this is for asking something like the weight or volume of something. Where the answer is like 3 kilogrami or 5 litri, yes?
How can I distinguish "Quando è" and "Quanto è"？They have the similar announcement at my point.
I remember I was taught that "How much is it" can be translated as "Quanto viene?" Is this also correct?
I thought you needed an apostrophe before a vowel.I wrote 'Quant'è' and I lost a heart..