“How much does this metro ticket cost?” in Filipino: “Magkano ang tiket na ito ng metro?”

When to use it

Use it at a metro station, for example in Manila, to ask the fare.

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

In “How much does this metro ticket cost?” ‘cost’ is a verb, so the question needs ‘does’.

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

“Magkano ang tiket na ito ng metro?” — The sentence in Filipino

In “Magkano ang tiket na ito ng metro?” the single word ‘Magkano’ means ‘how much’, and there is no verb for ‘cost’. ‘na ito’ (this) follows the noun, and ‘ng metro’ (of the metro) says which ticket.

Magkano

adverbquestion word 'how much', one word

ang

prepositiontopic marker ang

tiket

nounnoun 'ticket'

na

particlelinker na

ito

pronoun'this', after the noun

ng

prepositionng: 'of the metro'

metro

nounnoun 'metro'

English × Filipino: What changes from one language to the other

English needs ‘How much’ plus a verb; Filipino only ‘Magkano’. English puts ‘this’ before the noun, Filipino puts ‘ito’ after it.

Example conversation