колку чини
Asking Prices
Колку чини? means How much does it cost? The answer uses the same verb: Чини сто денари. To order, name the item and add ве молам: Едно кафе, ве молам.
How It Works
Asking. Колку means how much (Question Words), and чини means costs.
- one thing: Колку чини? · Колку чини кафето?
- several things: Колку чинат бананите?
Answering. Чини сто денари. (It costs a hundred denars.) · Чинат педесет денари. The Macedonian currency is the денар, written ден. on price tags.
Ordering. Name the item with the right form of еден and add ве молам: Едно кафе, ве молам. · Еден сок, ве молам. · Сметката, ве молам. (The bill, please.) When you are handed something, you will hear Повелете (Here you are). See Polite Everyday Phrases.
Чини or кошта? Колку кошта? is very common in speech and is understood everywhere, but dictionaries mark кошта as colloquial. Чини is the neutral standard word, so use it when you are unsure.
For the numbers themselves, see Numbers One to Ten and Numbers Above Ten.
Examples (6)
- Колку чини кафето?
How much is the coffee?
Word by Word: How-much costs coffee-the?
- Колку чинат бананите?
How much are the bananas?
Word by Word: How-much cost bananas-the?
Several bananas, so the verb is plural: чинат.
- Чини сто денари.
It costs a hundred denars.
Word by Word: Costs hundred denars.
- Една пица и еден сок, ве молам.
A pizza and a juice, please.
Word by Word: One pizza and one juice, please.
- Колку кошта ова?
How much does this cost?
Word by Word: How-much costs this?
Кошта is the everyday spoken word.
- Сметката, ве молам.
The bill, please.
Word by Word: Bill-the, please.
Common Mistakes
Keeping чини with a plural subject.
Колку чини бананите?Колку чинат бананите?The verb agrees with what is being priced. Бананите is plural, so use чинат.
Using the wrong form of one when ordering.
Една сок, ве молам.Еден сок, ве молам.Сок is masculine, so it takes еден.
Using Serbian question words.
Колико кошта?Колку кошта?Колико is Serbian. The Macedonian question word is колку: Колку кошта? or, in the neutral standard, Колку чини?
How It Connects
Learn This First
Asking prices combines numbers and колку.
Related Patterns
- Numbers Above Ten
Needed for most real prices, such as сто or педесет.
Level 2 - еден / една / едноOne and a
Picks the right one when you order a single item.
Level 1 - благодарам / ве молам / извинетеPolite Everyday Phrases
Supplies ве молам and the other polite words around a purchase.
Level 1 - Present Tense of Verbs in -иPresent Tense of I-Verbs
Чини is an i-verb: чини for one thing, чинат for several.
Level 1
Words in This Pattern
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