Word
¿Cuántos dólares cuesta la camisa azul?
Meaning
How many dollars does the blue shirt cost?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of ¿Cuántos dólares cuesta la camisa azul?
azul
blue
cuánto
how much / how many
la camisa
the shirt
el dólar
the dollar
Questions & Answers about ¿Cuántos dólares cuesta la camisa azul?
Why do we use cuántos here instead of cuánto or cuántas?
Cuánto changes to match the gender and number of the noun it is asking about. Since dólares (dollars) is masculine and plural, we use the masculine plural form cuántos (how many). If we were asking about a feminine plural word like monedas (coins), we would use cuántas.
Where is the word for "does" in this question?
Why does azul come after camisa?
In Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) usually come after the noun they describe. Instead of saying "the blue shirt," you literally say "the shirt blue" (la camisa azul).
Since camisa is feminine, why isn't the word for blue "azula"?