Spanish for English speakers Supermarket · Lesson 0

How many

Quantifiers in Spanish — ¿Lees muchos libros? (Do you read many books?) — with the muchos / muchas adjective.

Conversation

  1. Lindo Lindo

    ¿Lees muchos libros?

    Do you read many books?

    Tip: <Un libro> = A book ♂ <Muchos libros> = Many books ♂ <Una tarta> = A cake ♀ <Muchas tartas> = Many cakes ♀

  2. Magicat Magicat

    Claro, como sabes soy un profesor universitario

    Sure, as you know I am a college teacher

    Tip: <Como sabes> = As you know <Sé> = I know <Sabes> = You know Remember in Spanish you don't have to put the personal pronoun (yo, tú, etc) since the verb will let you in the conjugation

  3. Lindo Lindo

    ¿Cuántos libros lees al mes?

    How many books do you read per month?

    Tip: <Al mes> = Per month

  4. Magicat Magicat

    Más o menos cuatrocientos

    More or less 400

    Tip: <Más o menos> = More or less

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Mucho vs muchos in Spanish?

Mucho is the adverb ('a lot'). Muchos/muchas is the adjective ('many'): muchos libros, muchas casas. Must agree with noun's gender and number.

How do you ask 'how many?' in Spanish?

¿Cuántos + masculine plural? / ¿Cuántas + feminine plural?: ¿Cuántos libros? ¿Cuántas casas?

Spanish for 'I read'?

Yo leo. ¿Lees? = 'do you read?'. Past: leí = 'I read' (past). From the verb leer.

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