How much is it?
Vocabulary
- पैसेmoney
- रुपयाrupee (Indian currency)
- नक़दcash
- कार्डcard
- रसीदreceipt
- बाकीchange (money back)
- क़ीमतcost / price
Money and Prices in Hindi
Asking the price:
💬 "यह कितने का है?" (yah kitne kā hai?) → "How much is this?"
💬 "इसकी क़ीमत क्या है?" (iskī qīmat kyā hai?) → "What is the price of this?"
Indian currency:
India uses rupees (रुपया, rupayā) and paise (पैसे, paise):
- 1 rupaya = 100 paise
- Amounts: पचास रुपये (pacās rupaye) — 50 rupees
Numbers for prices:
- दस (das) — 10
- पचास (pacās) — 50
- सौ (sau) — 100
- पाँच सौ (pāṅc sau) — 500
- एक हज़ार (ek hazār) — 1,000
💬 "यह दो सौ रुपये का है।" (yah do sau rupaye kā hai.) → "This costs 200 rupees."
Paying:
💬 "नक़द या कार्ड?" (naqad yā kārḍ?) → "Cash or card?"
💬 "मेरे पास बाकी नहीं है।" (mere pās bākī nahīṅ hai.) → "I don't have change."
Expressions
- यह कितने का है?Asking how much something costs
- यह दो सौ रुपये का है।Saying this costs 200 rupees
- क्या आप कम कर सकते हैं?Asking if they can lower the price
- नक़द या कार्ड?Asking cash or card
- रसीद दीजिए।Asking for a receipt
Common mistakes
यह दो सौ रुपया का हैयह दो सौ रुपये का हैरुपया (singular) becomes रुपये in oblique/plural — use रुपये with numbers
यह कितना रुपया हैयह कितने का हैThe standard price question is कितने का है — not कितना रुपया
Quick quiz
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How do you say “money” in Hindi?
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