MUCH or MANY or A LOT OF??? Countable and Uncountable Nouns!

So guys!

Så folkens

Today I wanted to talk to you about

i dag vil jeg gerne snakke med jer om

'much'

and 'many'

"much"

og "many"

Let's go!

Kom så

Hi guys, today we're going to talk about something that

Hej folkens, i dag skal vi snakke om noget som

'many' of my students get wrong 'a lot' of the time

"mange" af mine elever gør forkert "mange" gange

This is the difference between 'much', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'lots of'

det er forskellen på "much" og "many", "a lot of" og "lots of"

Well firstly these two mean the same thing

men først, disse to betyder det samme

you can use them interchangeably

du kan bruge dem synonymt

These ones, however, can not be used for the same nouns

disse her kan dog ikke blive brugt som det samme navneord

and I'm going to explain how you use them right now!

og jeg kommer til at forklare hvordan man bruger dem rigtigt lige NU!

So with uncountable nouns

så med utallige navneord

Well these refer to something that can't be counted

altså disse referere til noget der ikke kan blive talt

and they don't normally have a plural form

og de har normalt ikke en flertals form

Some exceptions though are drinks

en undtagelse er om drinks

If I'm in a restaurant and I ask for two coffees

Hvis jeg er på en restaurant og jeg spørg efter to kaffe

Well I'm really asking for two cups of coffee

altså jeg spørg i virkeligtheden efter to kopper kaffe

That's why I can say two coffEES, with the plural

det er derfor jeg kan sige to kaffEER, som et flertal

If I ask for two sugars in my tea

hvis jeg spørg efter to sukker i min te

Well we really know that I'm asking for two sachets

altså vi ved jeg spørg efter to sukkerknalder

or two cubes of sugar in my tea

eller to teskefulde sukker i min te

So, on their own we can't use them as plurals.

så alene kan vi ikke bruge dem i flertal

So, the uncountable nouns go with 'much'

Så, de utællelige navneord hænger sammen med "much"

And 'much' is something we tend to use in the

og "much" er noget vi plejer at bruge i en

interrogative or the negative form

spørgende eller negativ form

I don't have much water

jeg har ikke meget vand

Do you have much homework?

har du mange lektier?

And, the countables go with 'many'

og, de tællelige passer med " many"

We can use this affirmative, negative and interrogative

vi kan bruge denne bekræftende, negative og spørgende

I have many apples

Jeg har mange æbler

I don't have many windows

jeg har ikke mange vinduer

There aren't many girls

de er ikke mange piger

Which is never normally a problem

som normalt ikke er et problem

So for the affirmative

så for de bekræftende

much, especially, can sound incredibly formal

meget, især, kan lyde utroligt formelt

I have much water

jeg har meget vand

Ooof!

Ufff!

It sounds a bit..

Det lød lidt....

It sounds a it too much!

det lød lidt "for meget"

So instead of saying 'much' in the affirmative, I would use

så istedet for at sige "much" i det bekræftende, vil jeg bruge

a lot of water

"a lot of" vand

I have a lot of water, I have lots of water

jeg har "a lot of" vand, jeg har "lots of" vand

Many, on the other hand, is more widely used with the affirmative

Mange, på den anden side, er mere bredt brugt med det bekræftende.

So, I have many apples

så, jeg har "many" æbler

I have a lot of apples

jeg har "a lot of" æbler

They're more or less the same in this case

de er mere eller mindre det samme i denne sammenhænge

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hvor hurtigt var det?

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put dine svar i kommentarfeltet

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