“How much does this metro ticket cost?” in Bangla

When to use it

Use it at a metro station, for example in Kolkata or Dhaka, to ask the fare.

The sentence in English (“How much does this metro ticket cost?”)

In “How much does this metro ticket cost?” ‘cost’ is a verb, so the question needs ‘does’, and ‘cost’ stays in its base form at the end.

How

adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner

much

adverb"how much" asks about price or quantity

does

auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · auxiliary that makes the question

this

determinerdemonstrative determiner

metro

nounnoun; it says what kind of ticket

ticket

nounnoun

cost

verbcost · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "does" the verb stays in its base form

The sentence in Bangla (“এই মেট্রো টিকিটের দাম কত?”)

“এই মেট্রো টিকিটের দাম কত?” has no verb: Bengali says ‘this metro ticket's price, how much?’. The genitive ending ‘-এর’ of ‘টিকিটের’ works like ‘of’, and ‘কত’ (how much) closes the sentence.

এই

determinerdemonstrative 'this'

মেট্রো

nounnoun 'metro'

টিকিটের

noun'ticket' + genitive -এর

দাম

nounnoun 'price'

কত

adjectivequestion word 'how much'

What changes from one language to the other (English × Bangla)

English asks with a verb, ‘does … cost’; Bengali uses the noun ‘দাম’ (price) and no verb. English puts ‘How much’ first, Bengali puts ‘কত’ last.

Example conversation