Shopping for Clothes

どうですか [dō desu ka]
How is it?

• どう [dō] means "how"
• ですか [desu ka] makes it polite and forms a question.

少し高いです [sukoshi takai desu]
It's a little bit expensive.

• 少し [sukoshi] means "a little bit"
• 高いです [takai desu] means "It's expensive."

少し [sukoshi] softens or modifies the statement, making it less absolute or extreme.

• 少し長いです [sukoshi nagai desu] It is a little long.
• 少し短いです [sukoshi mijikai desu] It is a little short.
• 少し重いです [sukoshi omoi desu] It is a little heavy.

• A: このズボンはどうですか
  How are these pants?
• A: 8000円です
  It's 8000 yen.
• B: 少し高いです [sukoshi takai desu]
  It's a little bit expensive.
• A: では、このスカートはどうですか
  Then, How is this skirt?
• B: 少し長いです [sukoshi nagai desu]
  It's a little bit long.
• A: ああ
  Ohh..