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How much e how many são expressões usadas para perguntar pela quantidade de algo.
O emprego desses termos está relacionado com o uso das palavras many e much.
Portanto, antes de vermos a explicação sobre quando usar how many e how much, é importante lembrarmos do uso de many e much.
Much e Many
Many e much são quantifiers (quantificadores), ou seja, são palavras usadas para fazer referência à quantidade de algo.
Vejamos abaixo qual é diferença entre many e much.
Uso do many
Many é usado com substantivos contáveis. Significa muitos/muitas.
Exemplos:
- The girl has many aunties. (A menina tem muitas tias.)
- Many of the employees didn’t go to work today. (Muitos dos funcionários não foram trabalhar hoje.)
Uso do much
Much é usado com substantivos incontáveis. Significa muito/muita.
Exemplos:
- Let’s go! We don’t have much time. (Vamos! Nós não temos muito tempo.)
- There’s not much water in the jar. (Não há muita água na jarra.)
Veja também:Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Quando usar how much e how many
A principal diferença entre how many e how much é que how many é usado com substantivos contáveis e how much com substantivos incontáveis.
Uso de how much
How much (quanto/quanta) é usado para perguntar pela quantidade de algo incontável.
Exemplos:
- How much water shall we drink a day? (Quanto de água devemos beber por dia?)
- How much money do we have? (Quanto nós temos de dinheiro?)
- How much Coke did you drink? (Quanto você bebeu de Coca-cola?)
- How much time did she sleep? (Quanto tempo ela dormiu?)
- How much sugar do we have left? (Quanto nós ainda temos de açúcar?)
- How much juice did you have? (Quanto você bebeu de suco?)
How much também é uma expressão utilizada para perguntar pelo preço de algo.
Exemplos:
- How much is this doll? (Quanto custa esta boneca?)
- How much are these notebooks? (Quanto custam estes cadernos?)
- How much does this bag cost? (Quanto custa esta bolsa?)
- How much do these toys cost? (Quanto custam estes brinquedos?)
Uso de how many
How many (quantos/quantas) é usado para perguntar pela quantidade de algo contável.
Exemplos:
- How many boys are there in your classroom? (Quanto meninos há na sua turma?)
- How many dogs do you have? (Quantos cachorros você tem?)
- How many days are there in a week? (Quantos dias há em uma semana?)
- How many kids can you see in this picture? (Quantas crianças você consegue ver nesta imagem?)
- How many bottles of milk are there in the fridge? (Quantas garrafas de leite há na geladeira?)
- How many brothers does he have? (Quantos irmãos ele tem?)
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