چند افغانی است؟

Asking How Much Something Costs

Level 2

The answer repeats the question: پنجاه افغانی است.

How It Works

Use either question at a shop, a market stall or a bakery.

Question	Answer	Meaning
این چند افغانی است؟	بیست افغانی است.	How much is this? Twenty afghanis.
قیمتش چند است؟	قیمتش صد افغانی است.	What is the price? A hundred afghanis.
این دو دانه چند افغانی است؟	نود افغانی است.	How much are these two? Ninety afghanis.

Money in Afghanistan is the afghani, so say the number and then افغانی. Two useful words are ارزان (cheap) and گران (expensive): این چای ارزان است.

To buy a certain amount, put the amount before the thing: سه کیلو انار چند افغانی است؟ The question asks for the price of the whole amount.

Big prices use the numbers صد، هزار and لک. They have their own entry.

یک دانه نان چند افغانی است؟
How much is one loaf of bread?
چند افغانی است asks the price of one loaf.
قیمت این کتاب چند است؟
What is the price of this book?
قیمت چند است asks the price without naming the money.
یک کیلو انگور هشتاد افغانی است.
A kilo of grapes is eighty afghanis.
The answer is a number plus افغانی.
این دو کتاب چند افغانی است؟
How much are these two books?
چند افغانی است asks the price of both books together.
دو کیلو سیب نود افغانی است.
Two kilos of apples are ninety afghanis.
The amount comes first, and the price follows.

Asking in the money of Iran.
این خربوزه چند تومان است؟
این خربوزه چند افغانی است؟
تومان is Iranian money. In Afghanistan the money is the afghani.
Adding ـها to افغانی.
این چند افغانی‌ها است؟
این چند افغانی است؟
افغانی stays singular after چند.

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چند افغانی است؟Level 2Asking How Much Something Costs

The price question uses چند.

چندافغانی

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