How Much & Colors
Today I will show you how to use “How Much” which will be commonly use when you visit Japan. I will also show you the pronunciation of each color.
Here we go :
Q : How much is this black shoe? – Kono kuroi kutsu wa ikura desu ka?
「この くろい くつ は いくら です か?」
A : This black shoe is 5,000 yen. – Kono kuroi kutsu wa gosen en desu.
「この くろい くつ は ごせん えん です」
Q : How much is that wallet? – Sono saifu wa ikura desu ka?
「その さいふ は いくら です か?」
A : Which wallet? – Dono saifu desu ka? 「どの さいふ です か?」
Q : The blue one. – Aoi no desu. 「あおい の です」
A : 3,000 yen. – Sansen en desu 「さんせん えん です」
A simple way of asking how much is point to the item and say
Q : How much? – Ikura desu ka? 「いくら です か?」
A : 4,000 yen – Yonsen en desu. 「よんせん えん です」
Meaning : Ikura (How Much), Kuroi (Black), Kutsu (Shoe), En (Yen), Aoi (Blue) , Saifu (Wallet)
Colors (Iro)
Red – Akai 「あかい」
White – Shiroi 「しろい」
Yellow – Kiiroi 「きいろい」
Brown – Chairoi 「ちゃいろい」
Green – Midori Iro 「みどりいろ」
Grey – Hai Iro 「はいいろ」
Purple – Murasaki Iro 「むらさきいろ」
For those colors which end with “i”, you may use “kuroi kutsu (black shoe)” but for those without ending with an “i”, you have to use “midori iro no kutsu (Green Shoe)”
Hope today’s lesson helps you buying something in Japanese shop.
December 13th, 2005 at 5:16 pm
I really like your blog, please continue to update it. I will learn Japanese from your blog. Thank you. God bless you!
August 14th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Hi, I would like to know if both this sentences can be use?
Sono kaban wa dare no desu ka?
Sore wa dare no kaban desu ka?
Are both of them correct or only one of those two sentences can be use?
Another question that I would like to ask is regarding –
Tabemasho, Shimasho, Ikimasho
Could you kindly explain to me what it is what how and when to use the “Sho”?
August 14th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Hi Deisler,
Both sentences are correct. You can use either one.
For verb with “mashō” at the back, it means “Let’s do something”. Example : Tabemashō (Let’s eat), Shimashō (Let’s do it)
Thanks
August 15th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Thanks mate. You are the man.
April 1st, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Is there any difference between:
“Booru wa midori desu”
“Booru wa midori no desu”
I read that the second sentence is wrong coz the “no” needs to be dropped.