We will use another interrogative pronoun to ask for a price of an item. The interrogative pronoun ‘ikura’（どこ）in this article will be used to get the information about the price. Below is the pattern : Pattern
Kanji : （この・その・あの） ＋名詞 ＋は ＋いくら ＋ですか
Hiragana : （この・その・その） ＋めいし ＋は ＋いくら ＋ですか
Romaji : （Kono・Sono・Ano） ＋meishi ＋wa ＋ikura ＋desuka
Meaning : How much is (this ・ that) thing (item) ?
First Example Kanji
Question : この新しい新規はいくらですか
Answer : ５，０００円です。
Hiragana
Question : このあたらしいしんきはいくらですか。
Answer : ５，０００えんです。
Romaji
Question : Kono atarashii shinki wa ikura desuka ?
Answer : 5000 (gozen) en desu.
Meaning
Question : How much does this new novel costs ?
Answer : (It is) 5000 yen.
The above example is using demonstrative pronoun ‘kono’（この）to point out an item which is near not only the person which ask the question but also the person which answer it. Second Example Kanji
Question : その黒い靴下はいくらですか。
Answer : 。。。３５０円です。
Hiragana
Question : そのくろいくつしはいくらですか。
Answer : 。。。３５０えんです。
Romaji
Question : Sono kuroi kutsushita wa ikura desuka.
Answer : … 350 (sanzengohyaku) en desu.
Meaning
Question : How much does that black socks costs ?
Answer : (It is) 350 yen.
The above example is using demonstrative pronoun ‘sono’(その) to point out an item which is far from the person which ask the question but it is near from the person which give the answer. Third Example Kanji
Question : あの洗濯機はいくらですか。
Answer : 。。。７０，０００円です。
Hiragana
Question : あのせんたくきはいくらですか。
Answer : 。。。７０，０００えんです。
Romaji
Question : Ano sentakuki wa ikura desuka.
Answer : … 70.000 (nana man) en desu.
Meaning
Question : How much does that washing machine costs ?
Answer : (It is) 70.000 yen.
The above example uses ‘ano’(あの) to point out the washing mashine which is asked. The demonstrative pronoun ‘ano’(あの) is used since the washing machine is far from not only the person who asks but also the person who answer the question. As we can see that all of the demonstrative pronouns must be followed directly by the item name and then followed with particle は indicating the subject of the sentence. Based on the above sample, we can create an interrogative question using interrogative pronoun いくらin order to ask the price of an item. But we will only giving you the answer as follows :
- Kanji
Answer : ３５０円です。
Hiragana
Answer : ３５０円です。
Romaji
Answer : ３５０ en desu.
Meaning
Question : (It is) 350 yen.
- Kanji
Answer : ８、６００円です。
Hiragana
Answer : ８，６００えんです。
Romaji
Answer : ８，６００ en desu.
Meaning
Answer : (It is) 8.600 yen.
- Kanji
Answer : ４３、０００円です。
Hiragana
Answer : ４３、０００えんです。
Romaji
Answer : ４３、０００ en desu。
Meaning
Answer : (It is) 43.000 yen.
- Kanji
Answer : ７２０、０００円です。
Hiragana
Answer : ７２０、０００えんです。
Romaji
Answer : ７２０、０００ en desu.
Meaning
Answer : (It is ) 720.000 yen.
The complete question which is in the form of picture of the item and then the price’s information also attached with the picture of the item is shown in Shin Nihongo no Kiso I chapter 3 practice B part 5 on page 23.