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How much in French. Is "Ca fait combien?" same as "C'est combien?" Merci. :)
Aug 27, 2010 7:48 AM
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Quand on parle d'argent, oui, on peut dire "c'est combien?" ou "ça fait combien?" Mais normalement, on devrait dire: "C'est combien?" pour un seul article "ça fait combien?" pour plusieurs articles (ça fait combien?= combien fait le total de mes achats?)
August 27, 2010
"Ca fait combien?" follows the usual pattern when u want to calculate a sum. U may know that "2 + 2 = 4" usually reads in French as "2 plus 2 égalent 4", but kids learn saying "2 et 2 font 4". U can use this expression for anything you can count and add up. E.g.: Ca fait combien de jours que...?. Now, I rather think that "C'est combien?" is restricted to asking for prices, as a kind of short form of "Ca fait combien?". U can then get the answer: "C'est 3 euros", etc., but other possibilities than counting money just don't occur to me. (U dont have, for instance: *"C'est trois jours.", *"C'est dix personnes.", even with the plural form of the verb..).
August 27, 2010
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