केतना

Asking How Much or How Many

Level 1Sounds Like kētanā

केतना asks how much or how many.

How It Works

केतना means how much and how many. It is a single word for both.

It comes before the noun, and it does not change for gender or number. It can also stand alone as a price question: ई केतना अहै?

The answers are numbers (दुइ, पाँच, दस) or amounts such as बहुत (a lot) and तनिक (a little).

चाय मा केतना चीनी?
How much sugar in your tea?
केतना goes before the thing measured.
इहाँ केतना लोग अहैं?
How many people are here?
The plural helper अहैं matches लोग.
ई केतना अहै?
How much is this?
A price question.
तुम केतना चाय पियत हौ?
How much tea do you drink?
केतना comes before the object.
तुम्हरे घर मा केतना लोग अहैं?
How many people are in your home?
तुम्हरे is तुम्हार with a postposition after the noun.

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केतनाLevel 1Asking How Much or How Many

The example question चाय मा केतना चीनी? uses मा.

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