Phrase · 🛍️ Shopping and prices

¿Cuánto cuestan esas sandalias?

How much are those sandals?

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

¿Cuánto1adverbehow muchcuestan2verbecostcostar · présent · 3e pers. plur.esas3déterminantthoseese · fém. · plur.sandalias4nomsandalssandalia · fém. · plur.?

Cuánto → cuestan: how much → cuestan
sandalias → cuestan: cuestan agrees with esas sandalias
esas → sandalias: agree: fem. plural

Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
Question words carry an accent: cuánto. Questions and negation →
2
costar: o → ue. A plural item takes a plural verb: cuestan. Present tense: stem-changing verbs (e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue) →
3
ese, esa = that, near the person you speak to (here, the seller). esas agrees with sandalias. Demonstratives and place words: este, ese, aquel →
4
sandalia is stressed on -da-, so there is no written accent. Sounds, spelling and written accents →

Variantes

¿Cuánto cuesta esa bolsa?
¿Cuánto cuestan estas sandalias?