美術館の建設にいくらお金が使われたのですか。

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English Translation

How much money has been spent on building the museum?

Furigana

美術館(びじゅつかん)の建設(けんせつ)にいくらお金(かね)が使(つか)われたのですか。

Romanji

Bijutsukan no kensetsu ni ikura okane ga tsukawareta no desu ka.

Words

美術館 (びじゅつかん)

art gallery; art museum

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

建設 (けんせつ)

construction; establishment

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

幾ら (いくら)

how much?; how many?; even; even if

お金 (おかね)

money

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way