कितना किराया? किराया और एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा हैं।

Because कितना agrees with किराया, which is a masculine singular noun in Hindi.

• कितना = how much / how many (masculine singular)
• कितनी = feminine singular
• कितने = masculine plural

So:

• कितना किराया? = How much is the rent?

Even though rent is not something you count as individual objects here, Hindi still uses the masculine singular form because किराया is masculine singular.

In everyday Hindi, short questions often leave out है when the meaning is obvious.

So:

• कितना किराया?
  is a shortened form of
• किराया कितना है?
  or
• कितना किराया है?

All of these mean How much is the rent?

The shorter version sounds natural in conversation, especially in practical situations like asking about a room, house, taxi, or shop price.

Both are natural, but they feel a little different.

• कितना किराया? = shorter, more conversational, more direct
• किराया कितना है? = full sentence, very common, slightly more complete
• कितना किराया है? = also correct and natural

If you are a learner, किराया कितना है? is a very safe full-form sentence.
If you hear कितना किराया?, do not worry—it is very normal spoken Hindi.

किराया usually means rent or fare, depending on context.

Common uses:

• for a house/room/apartment: rent
• for a taxi/bus/rickshaw: fare

Examples:

• कमरे का किराया = room rent
• घर का किराया = house rent
• टैक्सी का किराया = taxi fare

So in your sentence, the meaning depends on context, but rent is a very likely interpretation.

एडवांस is a very common borrowing from English advance. In this context, it usually means:

• advance payment
• deposit
• sometimes security deposit, depending on the situation

So:

• किराया और एडवांस = the rent and the advance/deposit

This kind of English borrowing is very common in modern Hindi, especially in housing, business, and city speech.

Because the subject is compound: किराया और एडवांस = rent and advance.

That means there are two things being talked about together, so Hindi uses the plural verb:

• किराया बहुत ज़्यादा है। = The rent is very high.
• एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा है। = The advance is very high.
• किराया और एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा हैं। = The rent and advance are very high.

So हैं is used because the combined subject is plural in meaning.

बहुत ज़्यादा means very much / too much / very high, depending on context.

Both words intensify the idea:

• बहुत = very / much
• ज़्यादा = more / too much / excessive

Together, बहुत ज़्यादा strongly emphasizes that something is excessive or unusually high.

In this sentence:

• किराया और एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा हैं।
  = The rent and the advance are very high / too much.

You could also hear:

• किराया बहुत ज़्यादा है।
• किराया ज़्यादा है.

The version with both words sounds stronger.

They are related, but not exactly identical.

• ज़्यादा = more / too much / excessive
• महँगा = expensive

For rent, Hindi speakers often say:

• किराया ज़्यादा है। = The rent is too much / high.
• यह कमरा महँगा है। = This room is expensive.

So with किराया, ज़्यादा is especially common.
With the room/house itself, महँगा is also very natural.

Hindi often follows a pattern like:

subject + description + verb

So here:

• किराया और एडवांस = subject
• बहुत ज़्यादा = description
• हैं = verb (are)

Literally, it is something like:

• Rent and advance very high are.

That is normal Hindi word order.

English puts the verb earlier:

• The rent and advance are very high.

Yes. That is grammatically correct too.

Changing the order of किराया and एडवांस does not change the basic meaning:

• किराया और एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा हैं।
• एडवांस और किराया बहुत ज़्यादा हैं।

The first version may sound a bit more natural simply because people often mention rent first and advance/deposit second, but both are fine.

Not in this sentence.

Here, किराया itself is the noun rent, so:

• कितना किराया?
• किराया और एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा हैं।

are complete and correct.

You would use का / की / के when linking nouns, for example:

• घर का किराया = the rent of the house / house rent
• कमरे का किराया = room rent

So if you want to be more specific, you can say:

• कमरे का किराया कितना है? = How much is the room rent?

A more complete and polite version could be:

• किराया कितना है?
• किराया और एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा हैं।

Or even:

• कृपया बताइए, किराया कितना है? = Please tell me, how much is the rent?
• किराया और एडवांस काफ़ी ज़्यादा हैं। = The rent and advance are quite high.

Compared with बहुत ज़्यादा, काफ़ी ज़्यादा can sound a little softer.

It is pronounced roughly like advance, but in Hindi sound patterns:

• एडवांस ≈ ed-vaans

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• ए is like e in bed or sometimes a bit closer to a in day, depending on accent
• वा gives a vaa sound
• ंस gives a nasalized ending, close to ns

Since it is a borrowed word, pronunciation can vary somewhat from speaker to speaker.

Yes. Hindi कितना / कितनी / कितने can cover both ideas, depending on the noun.

Examples:

• कितना पानी? = How much water?
• कितने लोग? = How many people?
• कितनी किताबें? = How many books?

So in कितना किराया?, it means how much, not how many.

A few natural options are:

• किराया बहुत ज़्यादा है।
• किराया ज़्यादा है।
• किराया बहुत महँगा है। (less common than *ज़्यादा with किराया, but understandable)*
• किराया बहुत अधिक है। (more formal)

The most everyday choice is:

• किराया बहुत ज़्यादा है।

And if you want to include the deposit too:

• किराया और एडवांस बहुत ज़्यादा हैं।