A2 · Section 6 of 10
Shopping & money
Ask prices, pay, and take it back.
Quanto costa, posso pagare, and vorrei cambiare cover every shop and market you will walk into.
quanto costa?
(kwahn-toh kohs-tah)
= how much is it?
posso pagare in contanti?
(pohs-soh pah-gah-reh een kohn-tahn-tee)
= can I pay cash?
vorrei cambiare questo
(vohr-ray kahm-byah-reh kweh-stoh)
= I would like to change this
è troppo caro
(eh trahp-poh kah-roh)
= it is too expensive
Common mistake
✗ quanto costa questo qua costa
✓ quanto costa questo?
Costa appears once — quanto costa already carries the verb.