12 Elles sont à combien ?

combien

how much / how many

• Combien de kilos ? How many kilos?
• Combien de beurre ? How much butter?
• Ils / Elles sont à combien ? is a common, idiomatic way of asking the price of something

cher

Masculine adjectives ending in er are changed to feminine by putting a grave accent over the è and adding a final silent e.

• le beurre n’est pas cher, la livre de fraises est chère. the butter isn’t expensive; the pound of strawberries is expensive
• when used as an adverb, cher always takes the masculine form.
  • Cette voiture coûte cher. This car costs a lot.
  • La liberté se paie cher. Freedom comes at a high price. ¹

ça vous fait …

• Ça vous fait dix euros vingt. That makes ten euros twenty.

Notes:

• In French, when stating prices, it’s common to omit the word for “cents” (centimes) when it’s clear from context.
• In France and many other European countries, prices are often written with a comma instead of a decimal point. So this price might be written as 10,20€.

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