LinguaTwo questions that buy almost everything
A shop needs one question about price and one about stock, and Russian gives you both in three words each. Сколько стоит asks the price of one thing and сколько стоят the price of several; У вас есть asks whether the shop has the thing at all, and the thing after it stays in its dictionary form.
| Question | What it asks |
|---|---|
| Сколько стоит хлеб? | the price of one thing |
| Сколько стоят фрукты? | the price of several things |
| У вас есть рыба? | whether the shop has it at all |
| Где касса? | where the paying happens |
How much of it: килограмм, литр, бутылка
Once you name a quantity, the product behind it changes its ending. This is not a new rule: it is the same ending you already use after нет, and it means 'of' – a kilo of sugar, a litre of milk. Masculine and neuter words take -а, and feminine words in -а move to -ы.
| Dictionary form | In the quantity phrase |
|---|---|
| сахар | килограмм сахара |
| мясо | килограмм мяса |
| рыба | килограмм рыбы |
| молоко | литр молока |
| вода | бутылка воды |
| продукты | пакет продуктов |
Getting through the shop
The word продукты covers everything edible and is also what a grocer's is called. A скидка is a price cut, which you will see written on a shelf far more often than you hear it said. And every shop ends the same way: at the касса, where you pay and where the verb купить finally comes true.
Сколько стоит килограмм мяса?How much is a kilo of meat?
У вас есть свежая рыба?Do you have fresh fish?
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| магазин | shop, store | В магазине много людей. There are a lot of people in the shop. |
| продукты | groceries, food | Мы покупаем продукты вечером. We buy the groceries in the evening. |
| килограмм | kilogram | Килограмм стоит сто рублей. A kilogram costs a hundred roubles. |
| литр | litre | Здесь ровно один литр. There is exactly one litre here. |
| бутылка | bottle | Эта бутылка очень большая. This bottle is very big. |
| пакет | bag, carton | Дайте, пожалуйста, пакет. A bag, please. |
| касса | till, checkout | Касса рядом с выходом. The till is next to the exit. |
| скидка | discount | Сегодня скидка на фрукты. There is a discount on fruit today. |
| купить | to buy | Что вы хотите купить? What do you want to buy? |
| сахар | sugar | Я пью чай без сахара. I drink tea without sugar. |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- fill the gap: 2
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which form of сахар follows the word килограмм?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.