qancha

How Much

Level 1

qancha means how much. Bu qancha turadi? asks what something costs.

How It Works

Prices
In a shop or at the bazaar, ask Bu qancha turadi? (How much does this cost?). Here turadi comes from turmoq, which usually means to stand but here means to cost. The shorter Bu qancha? and Olma qancha? (How much are the apples?) are just as common. The answer names the amount: Besh ming soʻm (Five thousand soʻm).

Amounts and time
Put qancha before a noun to ask how much of it there is: qancha pul (how much money), qancha vaqt (how much time, how long), qancha shakar (how much sugar).

Where it goes
Qancha takes the place of the answer. In Bu qancha turadi? the price stands exactly where qancha was: Bu besh ming soʻm turadi. The verb still comes last.

No -mi
A question word already makes the question, so do not add -mi: Bu qancha turadi?, never Bu qancha turadimi?

qancha or nechta?
nechta counts separate things: Nechta olma? (How many apples?). qancha asks about a quantity as a whole. It can also ask roughly how many people or things there are, as in Qancha odam bor? (How many people are there?), but for an exact number of items, nechta is the usual choice.

Examples (5)

  1. Bu qancha turadi?

    How much does this cost?

    Word by Word: this how-much stands

    turadi is the present-future of turmoq, used here for a price.

  2. Olma qancha?

    How much are the apples?

    Word by Word: apple how-much

    A short shop question with no verb. olma stays singular because it means apples in general.

  3. Qancha pulingiz bor?

    How much money do you have?

    Word by Word: how-much money-your there-is

    qancha comes right before the noun it asks about.

  4. Choyga qancha shakar solasiz?

    How much sugar do you put in your tea?

    Word by Word: tea-to how-much sugar you-put

    Sugar is measured, not counted, so qancha fits.

  5. Qancha odam bor?

    How many people are there?

    Word by Word: how-much person there-is

    Here qancha asks about the size of a group. The noun after it stays singular.

Common Mistakes

  • Adding -mi to a question that already has qancha.

    Bu qancha turadimi?
    Bu qancha turadi?

    A question word such as qancha already makes the sentence a question. -mi is only for yes-no questions.

  • Asking a price with nechta.

    Bu nechta turadi?
    Bu qancha turadi?

    nechta counts separate items, so it cannot ask a price. Ask with qancha. You will also hear necha, without -ta, before a money word: Necha soʻm turadi?

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