Átomo 18

How much vs How many (cantidad)

La regla

"How many" + sustantivo contable plural; "how much" + sustantivo incontable.

"Use "how many" with countable plural nouns; use "how much" with uncountable nouns."

Para preguntar cantidad inglés distingue entre cosas que se pueden contar (people, books, days) y cosas que no (water, money, time). Usa "how many" con contables en plural ("How many people are coming?") y "how much" con incontables ("How much time do we have?"). Ojo: palabras como information, advice, work, music, news son INCONTABLES en inglés aunque en español usemos plural. Nunca digas "informations" ni "advices".

Ejemplos

How many people are in the standup?

Cuantas personas hay en el standup?

How much time do we have?

Cuanto tiempo tenemos?

How many tickets did you close?

Cuantos tickets cerraste?

How much coffee do you drink?

Cuanto cafe bebes?

How much information do you need?

Cuanta información necesitas?

💡 Information es incontable.

How many emails did Elena send?

Cuantos correos envio Elena?

How much money does the project cost?

Cuanto dinero cuesta el proyecto?

Casos típicos

Contables en plural (personas, cosas que se cuentan)how many

how many bookshow many dayshow many devs

Incontables (liquidos, abstractos, materia)how much

how much waterhow much timehow much money

Incontables "falsos amigos" (plural en español, singular en inglés)how much

how much informationhow much advicehow much news

Preguntar preciohow much

How much is it?How much does the laptop cost?

Trampas hispanohablantes

How many informations do you have?How much information do you have?

"Information" es incontable en inglés. No tiene plural.

How many advices can you give me?How much advice can you give me?

"Advice" es incontable. Plural: pieces of advice.

How much people are coming?How many people are coming?

"People" es contable plural (= persons), va con how many.

How much works do you have?How much work do you have?

"Work" como sustantivo es incontable.

How many money do you have?How much money do you have?

"Money" es incontable.

Mini-quiz

1/7.Completa: cuantos compañeros vienen?

How colleagues are coming?

2/7.Completa: cuanto tiempo tenemos?

How time do we have?

3/7.Cual es CORRECTA?

4/7.Cual es CORRECTA para preguntar precio?

5/7.Completa con much/many: "_____ emails did you read?"

How emails did you read?

6/7.Completa: "_____ money do you need?"

How money do you need?

7/7.Cuanto cafe bebes?

How coffee do you drink?