Shopping & Money
பொருள் வாங்குதல் மற்றும் பணம்
Shopping phrases put your accusative case and numbers lessons to direct use — asking a price, saying how many, and handling money are where classroom grammar turns into a real conversation.
Grammar Comparison
இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு
Was kostet...? keeps the item in the nominative, not the accusative
Was kostet das Brot? (What does the bread cost? — das Brot stays nominative, the subject of kosten)
இந்த ரொட்டி என்ன விலை? (this bread what price — ரொட்டி also stays in its base/subject form)
It's tempting to put the item you're asking about into the accusative, since you're 'dealing with' it — but kosten treats the item as the grammatical subject doing the costing, not an object being acted on, so it stays nominative in both languages: das Brot and ரொட்டி need no case suffix or article change here. Save the accusative for when you're the one taking an action on the item, as in Ich nehme den Kaffee ('I'll take the coffee') from Food & Ordering.
Vocabulary
சொற்கள்
| German | Pronunciation | Tamil | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Was kostet das? | vahs KOS-tet dahs | இதன் விலை என்ன?idhan vilai eṉṉa? | What does this cost? |
| Das kostet zehn Euro. | dahs KOS-tet tsayn OY-roh | இது பத்து யூரோ.idhu paththu yūrō. | That costs ten euros. |
| billig / teuer | BIL-ikh / TOY-er | மலிவு / விலை உயர்ந்ததுmalivu / vilai uyarndhadhu | cheap / expensive |
| das Geld | dahs gelt | பணம்paṇam | money |
| bezahlen | beh-TSAH-len | பணம் செலுத்தpaṇam seluththa | to pay |
| die Kasse | dee KAH-seh | காசாளர் பகுதிkāsāḷar paguthi | the checkout / cash register |