Betydning av many på norsk

• 0 a large number or amount of people or things

  • Many boys underachieve at school. Mange gutter gjør det dårlig på skolen.

  • Not many people know about this place. Det er ikke mange som vet om dette stedet.

  • How many sisters do you have? Hvor mange søstre har du?

  • There are as many as 300 million people who suffer from asthma. Det er så mange som 300 millioner mennesker som lider av astma.

• 1 a lot of people or things

  • Many of her fans stayed home. Mange av hennes fans ble hjemme.

  • “I’d like some cookies, please” “Sure, how many?” “Jeg vil gjerne ha litt kjeks, takk.” “Klart det, hvor mange?”

• 2 a great number of

  • Many languages are spoken in Africa

  • There weren’t very many people

  • You’ve made a great/good many mistakes.

• 3 a great number

  • A few people survived, but many died.

• 4 having a great number of (something)

  • many-coloured

  • many-sided.