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Spanish runs them through a small, tidy family - ",[61,70,71],{},"mucho, poco, bastante, demasiado, tanto"," - alongside ",[61,74,75],{},"todo"," (all), ",[61,78,79],{},"cada"," (each), and a set of ready-made ",[61,82,83],{},"measure phrases",". Most of the difficulty sits in one place: the mucho family does ",[61,86,87],{},"two different jobs",", and it changes shape for one and not the other.",[90,91,93],"h2",{"id":92},"the-mucho-family-adjective-vs-adverb","The mucho family: adjective vs adverb",[57,95,96,97,100,101,104,105,108,109,112,113,100,115,118,119,122],{},"Here is the whole puzzle in one sentence. When one of these words describes a ",[61,98,99],{},"noun",", it is an ",[61,102,103],{},"adjective"," and it ",[61,106,107],{},"agrees"," in gender and number. When it describes a ",[61,110,111],{},"verb"," or an ",[61,114,103],{},[61,116,117],{},"adverb"," and it is ",[61,120,121],{},"invariable"," - it never changes.",[57,124,125,126,129],{},"Watch ",[61,127,128],{},"mucho"," do both:",[131,132,133,148],"ul",{},[134,135,136,139,140,143,144,147],"li",{},[61,137,138],{},"Hay mucha gente."," (There are a lot of people.) - ",[61,141,142],{},"mucha"," agrees with ",[61,145,146],{},"gente"," (feminine singular).",[134,149,150,153,154,156,157,160],{},[61,151,152],{},"Trabaja mucho."," (He works a lot.) - ",[61,155,128],{}," describes the verb ",[61,158,159],{},"trabaja",", so it freezes.",[57,162,163,164,167],{},"Same word, two behaviours. The deciding question is always: ",[61,165,166],{},"what is it describing?"," A noun means agree; a verb or adjective means freeze.",[169,170,171,187],"table",{},[172,173,174],"thead",{},[175,176,177,181,184],"tr",{},[178,179,180],"th",{},"Word",[178,182,183],{},"As ADJECTIVE (agrees with a noun)",[178,185,186],{},"As ADVERB (invariable, with a verb\u002Fadjective)",[188,189,190,208,226,245,262],"tbody",{},[175,191,192,197,200],{},[193,194,195],"td",{},[61,196,128],{},[193,198,199],{},"mucha gente, muchos libros, muchas casas",[193,201,202,203,205,206],{},"trabaja ",[61,204,128],{},", me gusta ",[61,207,128],{},[175,209,210,215,218],{},[193,211,212],{},[61,213,214],{},"poco",[193,216,217],{},"poco tiempo, poca agua, pocos amigos, pocas casas",[193,219,220,221,223,224],{},"come ",[61,222,214],{},", duerme ",[61,225,214],{},[175,227,228,233,236],{},[193,229,230],{},[61,231,232],{},"bastante",[193,234,235],{},"bastante dinero, bastantes personas",[193,237,238,239,241,242,244],{},"es ",[61,240,232],{}," caro, habla ",[61,243,232],{}," bien",[175,246,247,252,255],{},[193,248,249],{},[61,250,251],{},"demasiado",[193,253,254],{},"demasiado ruido, demasiada sal, demasiados problemas",[193,256,238,257,259,260],{},[61,258,251],{}," tarde, comes ",[61,261,251],{},[175,263,264,269,272],{},[193,265,266],{},[61,267,268],{},"tanto",[193,270,271],{},"tanto trabajo, tanta hambre, tantos coches, tantas cosas",[193,273,202,274,276,277],{},[61,275,268],{},", no corras ",[61,278,268],{},[57,280,281,282,285,286,289,290,293,294,297,298,301,302,305,306,309,310,313,314,317,318,321,322,324,325,328,329,332],{},"A few notes on the family. ",[61,283,284],{},"Bastante"," already ends in ",[61,287,288],{},"-e",", so as an adjective it only changes for ",[61,291,292],{},"number",", not gender: ",[61,295,296],{},"bastante dinero",", ",[61,299,300],{},"bastantes personas",". As an adverb it means ",[61,303,304],{},"quite \u002F fairly",": ",[61,307,308],{},"es bastante caro"," (it is quite expensive). ",[61,311,312],{},"Tanto"," shortens to ",[61,315,316],{},"tan"," before an adjective or adverb: ",[61,319,320],{},"es tan caro"," (it is so expensive), but ",[61,323,268],{}," stays full before a noun (",[61,326,327],{},"tanta hambre",") and after a verb (",[61,330,331],{},"trabaja tanto",").",[57,334,335,336,64,340,343,344,347,348,350,351,354,355,358],{},"The classic error is agreeing the adverb: ",[337,338,339],"em",{},"es demasiada tarde",[337,341,342],{},"trabaja mucha",". Both wrong. ",[61,345,346],{},"Tarde"," is not a noun the word is describing - ",[61,349,251],{}," is describing ",[61,352,353],{},"how"," late, so it stays ",[61,356,357],{},"demasiado tarde",". When in doubt, ask whether you could swap in a number or an adjective ending. If not, freeze it.",[90,360,362],{"id":361},"todo-all-every-the-whole","todo: all, every, the whole",[57,364,365,368,369,372],{},[61,366,367],{},"Todo"," agrees fully - ",[61,370,371],{},"todo, toda, todos, todas"," - and almost always pairs with the article:",[131,374,375,381,387,393],{},[134,376,377,380],{},[61,378,379],{},"todo el día"," (all day, the whole day)",[134,382,383,386],{},[61,384,385],{},"toda la noche"," (all night)",[134,388,389,392],{},[61,390,391],{},"todos los días"," (every day)",[134,394,395,398],{},[61,396,397],{},"todas las semanas"," (every week)",[57,400,401,402,405,406,409,410,405,413,416,417,420,421,424,425,427,428,305,431,434],{},"Singular ",[61,403,404],{},"todo el \u002F toda la"," means ",[61,407,408],{},"the whole of"," something; plural ",[61,411,412],{},"todos los \u002F todas las",[61,414,415],{},"every"," one of a set. There is also the fixed phrase ",[61,418,419],{},"todo el mundo"," (everybody), which is grammatically singular and takes a singular verb: ",[61,422,423],{},"todo el mundo lo sabe"," (everybody knows it). And ",[61,426,75],{}," can stand alone meaning ",[61,429,430],{},"everything",[61,432,433],{},"lo quiero todo"," (I want it all).",[90,436,438],{"id":437},"cada-each-every-and-invariable","cada: each, every - and invariable",[57,440,441,405,444,64,447,449,450,452,453,456,457,460],{},[61,442,443],{},"Cada",[61,445,446],{},"each",[61,448,415],{},", and unlike ",[61,451,75],{}," it ",[61,454,455],{},"never changes",". It takes a ",[61,458,459],{},"singular"," noun:",[131,462,463,469,475],{},[134,464,465,468],{},[61,466,467],{},"cada día"," (each day, every day)",[134,470,471,474],{},[61,472,473],{},"cada persona"," (each person)",[134,476,477,480],{},[61,478,479],{},"cada vez"," (each time)",[57,482,483,484,487],{},"Its special power is intervals with a number, where ",[61,485,486],{},"todos los"," cannot go:",[131,489,490,496],{},[134,491,492,495],{},[61,493,494],{},"cada dos horas"," (every two hours)",[134,497,498,501],{},[61,499,500],{},"cada tres días"," (every three days)",[57,503,504,505,507,508,510,511,514,515,517,518,521,522,524,525,527,528,530,531,534],{},"So ",[61,506,467],{}," and ",[61,509,391],{}," both mean ",[61,512,513],{},"every day",", but ",[61,516,79],{}," looks at them ",[61,519,520],{},"one by one"," while ",[61,523,486],{}," sweeps the whole set together. Only ",[61,526,79],{}," does ",[61,529,494],{}," - you cannot say ",[337,532,533],{},"todos los dos horas",".",[90,536,538],{"id":537},"measure-and-collective-phrases","Measure and collective phrases",[57,540,541,542,545],{},"Spanish has a stock of ready-made phrases for amounts. Most are built with ",[61,543,544],{},"de",":",[131,547,548,558,568,578,588,598,608,626,636],{},[134,549,550,553,554,557],{},[61,551,552],{},"la mayoría de"," (most of) - ",[61,555,556],{},"la mayoría de la gente"," (most people)",[134,559,560,563,564,567],{},[61,561,562],{},"la mayor parte de"," (the greater part of) - ",[61,565,566],{},"la mayor parte del tiempo"," (most of the time)",[134,569,570,573,574,577],{},[61,571,572],{},"la mitad de"," (half of) - ",[61,575,576],{},"la mitad de los estudiantes"," (half the students)",[134,579,580,583,584,587],{},[61,581,582],{},"un montón de"," (loads of, a heap of) - ",[61,585,586],{},"un montón de trabajo"," (loads of work)",[134,589,590,593,594,597],{},[61,591,592],{},"un par de"," (a couple of) - ",[61,595,596],{},"un par de días"," (a couple of days)",[134,599,600,603,604,607],{},[61,601,602],{},"una docena de"," (a dozen) - ",[61,605,606],{},"una docena de huevos"," (a dozen eggs)",[134,609,610,613,614,617,618,621,622,625],{},[61,611,612],{},"un poco de"," (a bit of) and ",[61,615,616],{},"algo de"," (some) - ",[61,619,620],{},"un poco de agua"," (a little water), ",[61,623,624],{},"algo de dinero"," (some money)",[134,627,628,631,632,635],{},[61,629,630],{},"un kilo de"," (a kilo of) - ",[61,633,634],{},"un kilo de manzanas"," (a kilo of apples)",[134,637,638,641,642,645],{},[61,639,640],{},"unos cuantos \u002F unas cuantas"," (a few) - ",[61,643,644],{},"unos cuantos amigos"," (a few friends)",[57,647,648,649,507,651,653,654,657,658,507,661,653,663,666],{},"Note that ",[61,650,612],{},[61,652,616],{}," go with ",[61,655,656],{},"uncountable"," nouns (a bit of water, some money), while ",[61,659,660],{},"unos cuantos",[61,662,592],{},[61,664,665],{},"countable"," ones (a few friends, a couple of days).",[90,668,670],{"id":669},"verb-agreement-after-la-mayoría-de","Verb agreement after la mayoría de",[57,672,673,674,677,678,680,681,684,685,688,689,545],{},"Here is a genuine puzzle. ",[61,675,676],{},"La mayoría"," is grammatically ",[61,679,459],{},", but when it is followed by ",[61,682,683],{},"de + a plural noun",", Spanish overwhelmingly makes the verb agree with the ",[61,686,687],{},"plural noun",", not with ",[61,690,691],{},"mayoría",[131,693,694,703],{},[134,695,696,699,700,534],{},[61,697,698],{},"La mayoría de los estudiantes trabajan."," (Most students work.) - plural ",[61,701,702],{},"trabajan",[134,704,705,708,709,534],{},[61,706,707],{},"Un grupo de turistas llegaron tarde."," (A group of tourists arrived late.) - plural ",[61,710,711],{},"llegaron",[57,713,714,715,718,719,297,721,507,723,725,726,729],{},"The strictly formal singular (",[61,716,717],{},"la mayoría trabaja",") is defensible, but the plural is more natural and far more common in speech. The same pull towards the plural hits ",[61,720,582],{},[61,722,572],{},[61,724,592],{}," when a plural noun follows: ",[61,727,728],{},"la mitad de los libros son míos"," (half the books are mine).",[90,731,733],{"id":732},"más-de-vs-más-que-how-to-say-more-than","más de vs más que: how to say \"more than\"",[57,735,736,737,64,740,743],{},"The last trap. To say ",[61,738,739],{},"more than",[61,741,742],{},"less than",", Spanish splits on what comes next:",[131,745,746,767],{},[134,747,748,751,752,754,755,758,759,762,763,766],{},[61,749,750],{},"más de \u002F menos de"," before a ",[61,753,292],{}," or quantity: ",[61,756,757],{},"más de cien personas"," (more than a hundred people), ",[61,760,761],{},"menos de la mitad"," (less than half), ",[61,764,765],{},"más de mil euros"," (over a thousand euros).",[134,768,769,772,773,776,777,780,781,784],{},[61,770,771],{},"más que \u002F menos que"," for a ",[61,774,775],{},"comparison"," between two things: ",[61,778,779],{},"sabe más que yo"," (he knows more than me), ",[61,782,783],{},"corre más que su hermano"," (she runs more than her brother).",[57,786,504,787,790,791,514,794,790,797,800,801,803,804,806,807,810,811,534],{},[61,788,789],{},"more than a hundred"," is ",[61,792,793],{},"más de cien",[61,795,796],{},"more than my brother",[61,798,799],{},"más que mi hermano",". Quick test: a ",[61,802,292],{}," after \"than\" takes ",[61,805,544],{},"; a ",[61,808,809],{},"person or thing being compared"," takes ",[61,812,813],{},"que",[90,815,817],{"id":816},"worked-examples","Worked examples",[131,819,820,826,832,838,844],{},[134,821,822,825],{},[61,823,824],{},"Hay mucha gente, pero pocos hablan inglés."," (There are a lot of people, but few speak English.)",[134,827,828,831],{},[61,829,830],{},"Trabajas demasiado; deberías descansar."," (You work too much; you should rest.)",[134,833,834,837],{},[61,835,836],{},"Voy al gimnasio todos los días, y como algo de fruta cada mañana."," (I go to the gym every day, and eat some fruit each morning.)",[134,839,840,843],{},[61,841,842],{},"La mayoría de mis amigos viven fuera."," (Most of my friends live abroad.)",[134,845,846,849],{},[61,847,848],{},"Había más de cien personas, más que el año pasado."," (There were more than a hundred people, more than last year.)",[90,851,853],{"id":852},"common-mistakes-english-speakers-make","Common mistakes English speakers make",[57,855,856,859,860,297,863,865,866,297,869,534],{},[61,857,858],{},"Agreeing the adverb."," ",[337,861,862],{},"Es demasiada caro",[337,864,342],{}," - wrong. Next to an adjective or verb, the word freezes: ",[61,867,868],{},"es demasiado caro",[61,870,871],{},"trabaja mucho",[57,873,874,877,878,880,881,883,884,534],{},[61,875,876],{},"Using todos los with a number."," \"Every two hours\" is ",[61,879,494],{},", never ",[337,882,533],{},". Intervals belong to ",[61,885,79],{},[57,887,888,891,892,895],{},[61,889,890],{},"Making the verb singular after la mayoría de."," Say ",[61,893,894],{},"la mayoría de los estudiantes trabajan"," (plural), not the stiff singular.",[57,897,898,901,902,904,905,908],{},[61,899,900],{},"Confusing más de and más que."," Before a number it is ",[61,903,793],{},"; in a comparison it is ",[61,906,907],{},"más que yo",". Do not mix them.",[90,910,912],{"id":911},"see-also","See also",[131,914,915,923,934],{},[134,916,917,922],{},[918,919,921],"a",{"href":920},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Findefinites","Spanish indefinites"," - alguno, ninguno, cualquiera, and the double negative, the \"some \u002F none \u002F any\" set that sits beside these quantity words.",[134,924,925,507,929,933],{},[918,926,928],{"href":927},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fser-vs-estar","Ser vs estar",[918,930,932],{"href":931},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fpor-vs-para","por vs para"," - the other big two-way splits in intermediate Spanish.",[134,935,936,937,941],{},"The ",[918,938,940],{"href":939},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar","Spanish grammar cheatsheet"," collects the adjective-vs-adverb quantifier table on one card.",{"title":943,"searchDepth":944,"depth":944,"links":945},"",2,[946,947,948,949,950,951,952,953,954],{"id":92,"depth":944,"text":93},{"id":361,"depth":944,"text":362},{"id":437,"depth":944,"text":438},{"id":537,"depth":944,"text":538},{"id":669,"depth":944,"text":670},{"id":732,"depth":944,"text":733},{"id":816,"depth":944,"text":817},{"id":852,"depth":944,"text":853},{"id":911,"depth":944,"text":912},"B1-B2","How Spanish expresses quantity: the mucho\u002Fpoco\u002Fbastante\u002Fdemasiado family and the adjective-vs-adverb split, plus todo, cada, and measure phrases like la mayoría de and un poco de.",[958,990],{"type":959,"instructions":960,"items":961},"fill-blank","Complete the gap with the right form. Agree it in gender and number if it describes a noun; leave it invariable if it describes a verb or an adjective.",[962,965,968,972,975,979,982,986],{"prompt":963,"answer":142,"hint":964},"Hay ___ gente en la plaza. (mucho)","describes the noun gente (feminine singular)",{"prompt":966,"answer":128,"hint":967},"Mi hermano trabaja ___. (mucho)","describes the verb trabaja - invariable",{"prompt":969,"answer":970,"hint":971},"Tenemos ___ problemas. (demasiado)","demasiados","describes the noun problemas (masculine plural)",{"prompt":973,"answer":251,"hint":974},"Es ___ caro para mí. (demasiado)","describes the adjective caro - invariable",{"prompt":976,"answer":977,"hint":978},"En este pueblo hay ___ casas. (poco)","pocas","describes the noun casas (feminine plural)",{"prompt":980,"answer":214,"hint":981},"Como ___, no tengo hambre. (poco)","describes the verb como - invariable",{"prompt":983,"answer":984,"hint":985},"Tengo ___ hambre que no puedo dormir. (tanto)","tanta","describes the noun hambre (feminine singular)",{"prompt":987,"answer":988,"hint":989},"Estudio ___ los días. (todo)","todos","agrees with los días (masculine plural)",{"type":991,"instructions":992,"items":993},"which-one","Choose the word that fits: agree-or-invariable quantifiers, cada vs todos los, and más de vs más que.",[994,997,1000,1004,1009,1012],{"prompt":995,"answer":79,"options":996},"Vienen ___ día a la misma hora. (each)",[79,988],{"prompt":998,"answer":988,"options":999},"Voy al gimnasio ___ los días. (every)",[79,988],{"prompt":1001,"answer":79,"options":1002},"El tren pasa ___ dos horas. (every two hours)",[79,1003],"todas",{"prompt":1005,"answer":1006,"options":1007},"Vinieron ___ de cien personas.","más de",[1006,1008],"más que",{"prompt":1010,"answer":1008,"options":1011},"Ella sabe ___ yo.",[1006,1008],{"prompt":1013,"answer":142,"options":1014},"En la fiesta había ___ comida. (mucho)",[128,142],"md",[1017,1020,1023,1026],{"q":1018,"a":1019},"When does mucho agree and when does it stay the same?","It depends on what mucho is describing. When it describes a noun it is an adjective and must agree in gender and number: mucha gente (a lot of people), muchos libros (many books), pocas casas (few houses), demasiados problemas (too many problems). When it describes a verb or an adjective it is an adverb and is invariable - it never changes form: trabaja mucho (he works a lot), come poco (she eats little), es bastante caro (it is quite expensive), llegaron demasiado tarde (they arrived too late). The rule of thumb: sitting next to a noun, it agrees; sitting next to a verb or adjective, it freezes.",{"q":1021,"a":1022},"What is the difference between cada and todos los?","Both can translate 'every', but they are built differently. Cada is invariable and takes a singular noun: cada día (each\u002Fevery day), cada persona (each person), cada dos horas (every two hours). Todos los is a plural with the article and agrees: todos los días (every day), todas las semanas (every week). So cada día and todos los días both mean 'every day', but cada emphasises them one by one (each individual day) while todos los sweeps the whole set together. Only cada works with a number for intervals: cada dos horas (every two hours), never todos los dos horas.",{"q":1024,"a":1025},"Should the verb be singular or plural after la mayoría de?","In practice, plural. Although la mayoría is grammatically singular, when it is followed by de plus a plural noun, Spanish overwhelmingly makes the verb agree with the plural noun: la mayoría de los estudiantes trabajan (most students work), un grupo de turistas llegaron (a group of tourists arrived). The strictly 'correct' singular (la mayoría trabaja) is also accepted, but the plural is more natural and far more common in speech. The same pull towards the plural applies to un montón de, la mitad de and un par de when the following noun is plural.",{"q":1027,"a":1028},"What is the difference between más de and más que?","Use más de before a number or quantity: más de cien personas (more than a hundred people), menos de la mitad (less than half), más de mil euros (over a thousand euros). Use más que for comparisons between two things: sabe más que yo (he knows more than me), corre más que su hermano (she runs more than her brother). So 'more than a hundred' is más de cien, but 'more than my brother' is más que mi hermano. The quick test: a number after 'than' takes de; a person or thing being compared takes que.","higher","Spanish measures quantity with a small family of words - mucho, poco, bastante, demasiado, tanto - plus todo (all) and cada (each), and a set of ready-made measure phrases like la mayoría de and un poco de. The word that trips English speakers is the mucho family, because each of these words does two jobs. As an adjective it agrees in gender and number with a noun: mucha gente, pocas casas, demasiados problemas. As an adverb, modifying a verb or an adjective, it freezes and never changes: trabaja mucho, come poco, es bastante caro, demasiado tarde. Same word, two behaviours, and the difference is which thing it is describing - a noun, or a verb or adjective. This page sorts the family, gives you a clear agree-or-freeze table, then handles todo and cada (which look similar but split neatly), the collective and measure phrases, the agreement puzzle after la mayoría de, and the más de \u002F más que distinction that decides how you say 'more than'.","spanish",{},true,"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fquantifiers",{"title":46,"description":956},"spanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fquantifiers","Hlp4CUFEbp2LbFBWCKaRin0UB25wHABIuhZOfVS6BqA",[],{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1040},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M13 21h8M15 5l4 4m2.174-2.188a1 1 0 0 0-3.986-3.987L3.842 16.174a2 2 0 0 0-.5.83l-1.321 4.352a.5.5 0 0 0 .623.622l4.353-1.32a2 2 0 0 0 .83-.497z\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1042},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M12 15V3m9 12v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m7 10l5 5l5-5\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1044},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M20 20a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V8a2 2 0 0 0-2-2h-7.9a2 2 0 0 1-1.69-.9L9.6 3.9A2 2 0 0 0 7.93 3H4a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v13a2 2 0 0 0 2 2Zm-8-10v6\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m15 13l-3 3l-3-3\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1046},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M11 4.702a.705.705 0 0 0-1.203-.498L6.413 7.587A1.4 1.4 0 0 1 5.416 8H3a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v6a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h2.416a1.4 1.4 0 0 1 .997.413l3.383 3.384A.705.705 0 0 0 11 19.298zM16 9a5 5 0 0 1 0 6m3.364 3.364a9 9 0 0 0 0-12.728\"\u002F>"]