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### Asking "How much" with چقدر

To ask about uncountable quantities—like ingredients for baking—use the question word **چقدر** (how much). Just like in English, it usually sits directly before the noun you are asking about.

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### Kitchen Measurements

When answering "how much," you will often use measurement words like **پیمانه** (measuring cup), **قاشق** (spoon), or **کیلو** (kilo). 

In Farsi, you place the number and the measurement word directly before the uncountable noun. You do *not* use an *ezafe* to connect them (it translates more literally to "one cup oil" rather than "one cup of oil").

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Notice that **چقدر** can also be used to ask about amounts where it sits alone or acts as the subject of the sentence.

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How much (cheghadr)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Present perfect of compound verbs

Question	Answer
how much	چقدرcheqadr
flour	آردârd
How much flour do we need?	ما چقدر آرد نیاز داریم؟mâ cheqadr ârd niyâz dârim?
sugar	شکرshekar
to add	اضافه کردنezâfe kardan
How much sugar should I add to the milk?	من باید چقدر شکر به شیر اضافه کنم؟man bâyad cheghadr shekar be shir ezâfe konam?
measuring cup	پیمانهpeymâne
oil	روغنrowghan
You must buy one cup of oil.	تو باید یک پیمانه روغن بخری.to bâyad yek peymâne roghan bekhari.
salt	نمکnamak
How much salt did you add to the food?	شما چقدر نمک به غذا اضافه کردید؟shomâ cheqadr namak be ghazâ ezâfe kardid?
butter	کرهkare
How much butter is on the table?	چقدر کره روی میز است؟cheqadr kare ruye miz ast?
kilo	کیلوkilo
We can buy two kilos of fresh butter.	ما می‌توانیم دو کیلو کره‌ی تازه بخریم.mâ mitavânim do kilo kare-ye tâze bekharim.
How much oil was in the cup?	چقدر روغن داخل پیمانه بود؟cheqadr roghan dâkhel peymâne bud?
spoon	قاشقghâshogh
I added three spoons of sugar.	من سه قاشق شکر اضافه کردم.man se ghâshogh shekar ezâfe kardam.
How much flour did you buy yesterday?	شما دیروز چقدر آرد خریدید؟shomâ dirooz cheqadr ârd kharidid?
I do not have a clean spoon for the salt.	من یک قاشق تمیز برای نمک ندارم.man yek qâshoq tamiz barâye namak nadâram.
They bought ten kilos of flour.	آنها ده کیلو آرد خریدند.ânhâ dah kilo ârd kharidand.
I did not add anything to the milk.	من هیچ‌چیز به شیر اضافه نکردم.man hich chiz be shir ezâfe nakardam.