How to Ask How Much in Spanish

Career advantages, educational opportunities and the desire to travel abroad may all be reasons to learn a foreign language. Spanish is the official language in many countries including Spain, several countries in South America and Latin America.http://www.alsintl.com/resources/languages/Spanish/ When traveling to a country where the primary language is Spanish, learning key Spanish phrases is essential for effective communication. This page will illustrate how to ask how much in Spanish and ways that this phrase can be integrated into a conversation. Learning the phrase, practicing speaking the term and using it properly, are all steps to learning how to speak effectively in Spanish.

How To Ask How Much In Spanish

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How to Ask How Much in Spanish

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In this video you will learn the correct way to say "how much" or "cuanto" and "how much does it cost" or "cuanto questa" in Spanish. When visiting a Spanish speaking country, these phrases may be commonly used when shopping or asking for the quantity of a product or item. Listen carefully to how these words are pronounced and mimic each sound when speaking then aloud.

Step 1: Listen To The Correct Pronunciation

The first step in learning a Spanish word or phrase, is to hear the term spoken correctly. This allows you to hear each sound and mimic the pronunciation to correctly speak the word. In Spanish, the phrase "how much" is expressed by saying cuanto (Kwanto). http://www.insidetraveling.com/spanish.htmThis phrase can be used to ask how much an item costs, weighs, or any other question of quantity. Listen to the speaker in the video featured on this page. Replay the video until you are confident that you can properly speak the Spanish term cuanto.

Step 2: Speak The Word In Spanish

Once you have listened to the term pronounced correctly, speak the word aloud. Each time you speak the word, adjust your pronunciation to match that of the speaker in the video.http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/ By saying the word several times, you will commit its sound to memory. This will allow you to quickly recall it when engaging in a conversation.

Also, consider listening to Spanish music or watching movies in Spanish. Although you may not know each line of the script, you can follow along and begin to learn phrases based on the key terms you have already learned. This will also be valuable to establishing proper pronunciation.

Step 3: Use The Spanish Word In Conversation

Once you have successfully pronounced the Spanish term, it can be helpful to see how it is used in conversation and learn what some of the dialogue may be. Although you learn how to say a phrase, it is useless is you do not know what the response will mean. By learning to speak in conversations, you will be able to utilize the Spanish terms you've learned and complete an entire dialogue in Spanish.http://www.languagehelpers.com/words/spanish/shopping.html

¿Perdon, Cuánto cuesta eso?

"Excuse me, how much is that?"

Viente pesos.

"Twenty pesos."

Me llevo dos de esos.

"I'll take two of those."

¿Acepta tarjetas de crédito?

"Do you take credit cards?"

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