🛍 How much is this?

Unit 3 · Everyday life (MSA) · 8 min

Shopping: بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ "How much is this?" Too dear: هَذَا غَالٍ. Ask for cheaper: هَلْ عِنْدَكَ أَرْخَصُ؟ Egypt's currency is the جُنَيْه (pound).

Words in this lesson

• بِكَمْ؟ (bikam?) — how much?
• غَالٍ (ghālin) — expensive
• رَخِيص (rakhīṣ) — cheap
• جُنَيْه (junayh) — Egyptian pound
• أَشْتَرِي (ashtarī) — I buy
• عِنْدَكَ (ʿindaka) — you have

In Egyptian speech you'll hear بِكَام (bikām)?

Project: Role-play a shopping exchange in Arabic with a friend.