When to use it
Use it at a metro station in Mumbai or Pune 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’.
- 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 Marathi — “या मेट्रो तिकिटाची किंमत किती आहे?”
In “या मेट्रो तिकिटाची किंमत किती आहे?” there is no verb ‘cost’: the noun ‘किंमत’ (price) plus ‘आहे’ (is) does the job. ‘-ची’ in ‘तिकिटाची’ agrees with feminine ‘किंमत’.
- या
- determineroblique 'this'
- मेट्रो
- noun'metro', from English
- तिकिटाची
- noun'of the ticket', agreeing with kimmat
- किंमत
- noun'price', feminine
- किती
- adjective'how much'
- आहे
- verbasṇe · tense: present · person: third · 'is': what the price is
English × Marathi — What changes from one language to the other
English uses the verb ‘cost’; Marathi the noun ‘price’ with ‘is’.
Example conversation
— या मेट्रो तिकिटाची किंमत किती आहे?
— How much does this metro ticket cost?
— अंतरावर अवलंबून आहे.
— It depends on the distance.