When to use it
Use it at a metro counter or machine 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 Punjabi (“ਇਸ ਮੈਟਰੋ ਟਿਕਟ ਦੀ ਕੀਮਤ ਕਿੰਨੀ ਹੈ?”)
In “ਇਸ ਮੈਟਰੋ ਟਿਕਟ ਦੀ ਕੀਮਤ ਕਿੰਨੀ ਹੈ?” cost is the feminine noun ‘ਕੀਮਤ’ (price), so ‘ਕਿੰਨੀ’ (how much) is feminine too. ‘ਇਹ’ (this) turns into ‘ਇਸ’ before a postposition.
- ਇਸ
- determineroblique of ਇਹ 'this', before ਦੀ
- ਮੈਟਰੋ
- noun'metro'
- ਟਿਕਟ
- nounfeminine 'ticket', here the possessor
- ਦੀ
- preposition'of', feminine for ਕੀਮਤ
- ਕੀਮਤ
- nounfeminine 'price'
- ਕਿੰਨੀ
- adjective'how much', feminine for ਕੀਮਤ
- ਹੈ
- auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · number: singular · 'is', asking the price
What changes from one language to the other (English × Punjabi)
English needs the verbs ‘does’ and ‘cost’; Punjabi asks what the price is.
Example conversation
— ਇਸ ਮੈਟਰੋ ਟਿਕਟ ਦੀ ਕੀਮਤ ਕਿੰਨੀ ਹੈ?
— How much does this metro ticket cost?
— ਇਹ ਦੂਰੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਿਰਭਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।
— It depends on how far you go.