How to Say "How Much" in Bengali

কত

koto/kɔt̪o/

The Bengali phrase for "how much" is কত (koto).

When you want to ask for the price of an item, you can use the phrase দাম কত? (dam koto?).

Meaning: what is the cost/price? (det)

How does it change in a sentence?

The word কত serves as both "how much" for uncountable quantities and "how many" for countable quantities.

koto (/kɔt̪o/)

Because কত can mean 'how many', it is used in Bengali to ask about people's ages, rather than saying 'how old' as in English.
In many Bengali markets, asking দাম কত? (dam koto?) is often just the opening move in a social ritual of bargaining where the first price mentioned is rarely the final one.
While কত means 'how much', adding a small change to make it কতটা (kotota) shifts the meaning to 'to what extent' or 'how much of a quality'.

এটার কত দাম হবে?
How much will it be?
This sentence is useful for asking about the potential cost of an item using কত.
Tatoeba #5531880 by tanay, translation #880528 by CK
এই ঘড়িটার দাম কত?
How much is this watch?
This sentence is useful for asking the specific price of a watch using কত.
Tatoeba #3031412 by tanay, translation #56432 by CK
এই আলুগুলো কত করে?
How much are these potatoes?
This sentence is useful for asking the price of potatoes using কত.
Tatoeba #5692655 by tanay, translation #5288621 by mailohilohi
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Saurav and Tania are shopping at a local market.

সৌরভ Sourav

তানিয়া, এই আপেলগুলো কত করে?
Tania, ei apel gulo koto kore?
Tania, how much are these apples?
তানিয়া Tania

দেখতে তো খুব ভালো লাগছে, কিন্তু দাম কত?
Dekhte to khub bhalo lagche, kintu dam koto?
They look very good, but how much is the price?
সৌরভ Sourav

দোকানদার বলছে প্রতি কেজি একশ টাকা।
Dokan-dar bolche proti kg eksho taka.
The shopkeeper says it is one hundred taka per kilo.
তানিয়া Tania

তাহলে চলো আমরা দু-কিলো কিনি।
Tahole cholo amra du-kilo kini.
Then let's buy two kilos.

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