Thread: Как много времени это займёт?

Как по-английски вежливо поинтересоваться сроком выполнения чего-либо? Правильна ли фраза:
Would you please tell me how much time does it take?

Спасибо.

What about "...how long will it take?"

Or "how long does it take"

Btw on google:
"how much time does it take" - 23 800
"how long will it take" - 806 000
"how long does it take" - 1 360 000

Originally Posted by Sleep

Would you please tell me how much time does it take?
Спасибо.

If you want say it like this you're going to have to say 'Would you please tell me how much time it takes?'

There are many variants though.

How long will it be/take
how long does it take
how much time is it going to be/take
how much time does it take

and everything else already mentioned.

I guess for some situations you'd use one over the other. Like

I go in to get my watch fixed and i ask the guy if he can fix it. He's like yep i can fix it. So i ask "How long does it take (to fix a watch)?"

Now if i go in and ask him if he can fix it, and he a says yep, and then i say ok fix it, and he says ok ill fix it. then i ask "how long will it take (will it take you to fix my watch)".

But they all make sense in any situation.

Originally Posted by Friendy

Or "how long does it take"

Btw on google:
"how much time does it take" - 23 800
"how long will it take" - 806 000
"how long does it take" - 1 360 000

But the meaning is different, obviously. "How long does it take" uses a present simple, and refers to things in general. How long does it usually take. "How long will it take" asks for a prediction.

I agree that "how long" is much better than "how much time", but the latter is occasionally used to disambiguate.

Sleep should be aware that this construction is incorrect:
"Would you please tell me how much time does it take? "

and that it should be:

"Would you please tell me how much time it takes?"

The reason is that the subject-verb inversion occurs here: "Would you" - and that is the question. The question is not "How much time does it take?", so there is no subject-verb inversion between the verb "take" and "it".
Btw this is a common question on the TOEFL test

Thank you for your help.

Btw this is a common question on the TOEFL test

До TOEFL мне пока как до Луны пешком

So the possible questions are:
Would you please tell me how much time it takes? (it takes usually)
Excuse me, how long does it take?
Would you please tell me how much time it will take? (in this case)
Excuse me, how long will it take?
am i correct?

А можно ли спросить:
How long would it take?
или надо
How long would it takes?

How long would it takes? грамматически не правильно.

Originally Posted by JJ

So the possible questions are:
Would you please tell me how much time it takes? (it takes usually)
Excuse me, how long does it take?
Would you please tell me how much time it will take? (in this case)
Excuse me, how long will it take?
am i correct?

All correct!

Originally Posted by Aleph

How long would it takes? грамматически не правильно.

You do not need the "s"

How long would it take?

Originally Posted by Sleep

Thank you for your help.

Btw this is a common question on the TOEFL test

До TOEFL мне пока как до Луны пешком

не надо такая скромность ... скоро будет возможно, я уверен

Originally Posted by waxwing

Originally Posted by Sleep

Thank you for your help.

Btw this is a common question on the TOEFL test

До TOEFL мне пока как до Луны пешком

не надо такая скромность ... скоро будет возможно, я уверен

а как сказать по-английски: "Не будьте столь скромным! Я уверен, что Вы достигните "луны".

A lot of times you say Excuse me when you want to attract somebody's attention.

Originally Posted by Lampada

A lot of times you say Excuse me when you want to attract somebody's attention.

Извините, но я не понял. Это Ваш перевод моей фразы на английском?

Originally Posted by choro

а как сказать по-английски: "Не будьте столь скромным! Я уверен, что Вы достигните "луны".

"You needn't be so modest! I'm sure you'll do it."

The reason I didn't put the "moon" thing in there is because I can't think of any analogous idiom in English. Plus, it depends on what the person said originally.

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Originally Posted by Tate

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"You needn't be so modest! I'm sure you'll do it."

Спасибо!

The reason I didn't put the "moon" thing in there is because I can't think of any analogous idiom in English. Plus, it depends on what the person said originally

Да, я понимаю, что найти подобный аналог в другом языке сложно.
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