Asking a price in Arabic: dinars, dirhams, riyals

What’s inside

• What does كَمْ ثَمَنُ هٰذَا الْكِتَابِ؟ mean?
• You point at something in a shop. How do you ask “How much is this?”
• The seller says the book costs 20 dinars. What does he say?
• What does هٰذَا غَالٍ جِدًّا mean?
• A price tag reads ٥٠ دِرْهَمًا. How much does it cost?
• The bag costs 30 riyals. Complete: ثَمَنُ الْحَقِيبَةِ ___ رِيَالًا
• After عِشْرُونَ, the currency stays singular: عِشْرُونَ دِرْهَمًا.
• The word رَخِيصٌ means “expensive”.