How do you ask how much something costs in French?

Use combien, as in "Combien coûte un café au comptoir, s'il vous plaît ?" It means how much, when you ask a price.

How do you ask if a place is far in French?

Say "Excusez-moi, la station de métro est loin ?" Loin means far, a long distance from where you are.

Besoin is a need: something you lack and must have. You say "j'ai besoin d'un plan du métro" to ask for what you need.

You spend a day in Paris, with an interview in the morning, a coffee at the corner of the street and an evening at a musician friend's place.

Je pense que l'entretien s'est bien passé.

I think the interview went well.

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Je pense que l'entretien s'est bien passé.
I think the interview went well.
Combien coûte un café au comptoir, s'il vous plaît ?
How much is a coffee at the counter, please?
Excusez-moi, la station de métro est loin ?
Excuse me, is the metro station far?
Le métro, c'est mon trajet quotidien pour aller au travail.
The metro is my daily commute to work.
On se retrouve au café du coin de la rue ?
Shall we meet at the café on the corner?
Excusez-moi, j'ai besoin d'un plan du métro.
Excuse me, I need a metro map.
J'ai tout vu, je peux être témoin si vous voulez.
I saw everything, I can be a witness if you like.
J'ai un entretien d'embauche à dix heures ce matin.
I have a job interview at ten this morning.
Ton copain musicien nous attend chez lui ce soir ?
Is your musician friend expecting us at his place tonight?
Mon frère est chirurgien, il opère presque tous les jours.
My brother is a surgeon, he operates almost every day.

loin/lwɛ̃/
The ending is nasal: there is no n sound.
quotidien/kɔtidjɛ̃/
The start is said "ko", like the "co" in "code", without an "oo" sound.
besoin/bəzwɛ̃/
The s between two vowels is said like a z, as in "rose".
musicien/myzisjɛ̃/
The u is said as in French "tu", not like "ou".
chirurgien/ʃiʁyʁʒjɛ̃/
The u is said as in French "tu", never like "ou".

pourboire: Service is almost always included in the bill at restaurants and cafés. Leaving a little change is fine, but nothing requires it.
vouvoiement: You use vous with strangers, staff and older people, and tu with friends and family. In an interview, vous is the rule.
comptoir: At a café, the same coffee often costs less at the counter than at a table inside or on the terrace. Prices are generally posted.
bonjour: You say bonjour when you walk into a shop or café, before asking for anything. This greeting is very much expected.

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How do you ask how much something costs in French?: Use combien, as in "Combien coûte un café au comptoir, s'il vous plaît ?" It means how much, when you ask a price.
How do you ask if a place is far in French?: Say "Excusez-moi, la station de métro est loin ?" Loin means far, a long distance from where you are.
What does besoin mean in French?: Besoin is a need: something you lack and must have. You say "j'ai besoin d'un plan du métro" to ask for what you need.

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