When to use it
Use it at a ticket machine or office.
“How much does this metro ticket cost?” · The sentence in English
"How much does this metro ticket cost?" needs "does" to ask, and "cost" stays in its base form.
- 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
“Berapa harga tiket kereta bawah tanah ini?” · The sentence in Indonesian
"Berapa harga tiket kereta bawah tanah ini?" asks "how much is the price" with no verb; "ini" (this) comes at the end.
- Berapa
- pronoun"how much, how many"
- harga
- noun"price"
- tiket
- noun"ticket"
- kereta
- noun"train"
- bawah
- noun"below"
- tanah
- noun"ground"; "kereta bawah tanah" = metro
- ini
- determiner"this", after the noun group
What changes from one language to the other · English × Indonesian
English uses the verb "cost"; Indonesian uses the noun "harga" (price). English "this" comes first; Indonesian "ini" comes after the whole noun group.
Example conversation
— Berapa harga tiket kereta bawah tanah ini?
— How much does this metro ticket cost?
— Tergantung zonanya.
— It depends on the zone.