कति लाग्छ

Time and Cost with लाग्छ

Level 2Sounds Like kati lāgcha

लाग्छ with a number of minutes or a price says how long or how much it takes.

How It Works

लाग्नु also means to take, when you speak about time or money. Usually the action is a -न verb, and the amount comes before लाग्छ: यहाँबाट बजार जान दस मिनेट लाग्छ (it takes ten minutes to go to the market from here).

You ask the amount with कति: बसमा काठमाडौं जान कति घण्टा लाग्छ? (how many hours does it take to go to Kathmandu by bus?). For money, कति पैसा लाग्छ? asks how much it will cost to do something: पोखरा जान कति पैसा लाग्छ? (how much does it cost to go to Pokhara?).

The answer repeats the pattern: पोखरा जान दुई हजार रुपैयाँ लाग्छ (it costs two thousand rupees to go to Pokhara).

To ask the price of a thing, you can rely on कति पर्छ?: यो किताब कति पर्छ? (how much is this book?). This entry is for the time or cost of an action or a whole job: घर बनाउन कति लाग्छ? (how much does it take to build a house?). The past is लाग्यो: दस मिनेट लाग्यो (it took ten minutes).

Examples (4)

  1. यहाँबाट बजार जान दस मिनेट लाग्छ।

    It takes ten minutes to get to the market from here.

    जान is the -न verb, and दस मिनेट is the time.

  2. बसमा काठमाडौं जान कति घण्टा लाग्छ?

    How many hours does it take to go to Kathmandu by bus?

    कति asks the amount.

  3. पोखरा जान कति पैसा लाग्छ?

    How much does it cost to go to Pokhara?

    पैसा makes the question about money.

  4. यो काम गर्न दुई घण्टा लाग्छ।

    This work takes two hours.

    The -न verb गर्न comes before the amount.

Common Mistakes

  • Learners use the dictionary form -नु before the amount.

    यहाँबाट बजार जानु दस मिनेट लाग्छ।
    यहाँबाट बजार जान दस मिनेट लाग्छ।

    Use the -न form before the amount: जान, not जानु.

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कति लाग्छLevel 2Time and Cost with लाग्छ

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कति लाग्छ asks about time and cost.