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Quantifiers and amounts

Express approximate amounts with count and non-count nouns.

Some quantifiers agree in gender and number; adverbial poco/mucho with verbs does not. Learn countable and uncountable examples.

Patterns to reuse
mucho/a/os/as + noun
a lot of/many
MOO-choh
poco/a/os/as + noun
little/few
POH-koh
algún/alguna/algunos/algunas + noun
some/any
ahl-GOON
verb + mucho/poco
do something a lot/little
Watch out for
mucho tiendas
muchas tiendas

The quantifier agrees with feminine plural tiendas.

Trabajo muchos.
Trabajo mucho.

With a verb, mucho is an invariable adverb.

Hay muchos restaurantes en el centro.
There are many restaurants in the centre.
eye MOO-chohs rrehs-tow-RAHN-tehs ehn ehl THEHN-troh
Tengo poco tiempo.
I have little time.
TEHN-goh POH-koh TYEHM-poh
Necesitamos algunas cosas.
We need some things.
neh-theh-see-TAH-mohs ahl-GOO-nahs KOH-sahs
Trabajo mucho durante la semana.
I work a lot during the week.
trah-BAH-hoh MOO-choh doo-RAHN-teh lah seh-MAH-nah
Forms
Mucho
muchomuchamuchosmuchas
Poco
pocopocapocospocas
Alguno
algúnalgunaalgunosalgunas
Other
bastante(s)demasiado/a/os/asnada deningún/ninguna
By type
Countable
muchos librospocas tiendas
Uncountable
mucha aguapoco tiempo
Try it out loud
choice
Complete six noun phrases with the correct quantifier form.
What to include

Check noun gender and number.

contrast
Use poco/pocos and mucha/muchas in four sentences.
What to include

Include countable and uncountable nouns.

production
Describe what your town has a lot of and little of.
What to include

Use hay + quantifier + noun.

Happy with all of this?
  • I can make quantifiers agree with nouns.
  • I distinguish mucho with a noun from mucho modifying a verb.

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