Welcome back for another free video lesson

This week we're going to talk about something that a lot of people have trouble with

you might already know

that ‘Much’ is used for UNcountable nouns

for example liquids

Like orange juice

Or milk

And we use ‘Many’ for countable nouns

Like cookies

Or bananas

So what’s the difference between Countable and uncountable nouns?

Can I put an ‘S’ at the end of the word milk? (milks) No.

if you cannot put a number in front of a noun

For example, ‘Money’

It is UNcountable

You CAN NOT say ‘Two Monies’

A Countable noun is a noun you can count

In other words, a noun you can put a number in front of. For example, there are FOUR BANANAS.

Much = Uncountable nouns (milk, money)

Many = Countable nouns (cookies, bananas)

So when we ask someone

how much or how many

we have to remember if we're talking about a countable or uncountable noun

But what about statements? Does it sound native to use the words ‘Much’ or ‘Many’ in a statement? Check this out

I am MISTER COOL

I have MANY friends on the FACEBOOK

I have MUCH money

One thousand two hundred twenty three!

In MANY different currencies

I have MANY MANY hats

I have MANY dollars, MANY MANY dollars

MANY hand-painted hats

I have MANY MANY MANY Euros, look how many Euros

One THOUSAND Korean (two dollars)

I eat MUCH MUCH good food

MANY MANY Korean WON

I have MUCH protein

I have MANY… five… dollars Canadian

I drink MUCH coffee

Brazilian money – uh, two.

And the best of all, I drink MUCH MUCH milk

I have MANY MANY shoes

And MANY MANY socks

MORE than enough for EVERY pair of shoes

It’s not incorrect to use ‘Much’ or ‘Many’ in positive statements

BUT it DOES NOT SOUND NATIVE

Native speakers almost never say much or many in a positive statement

So what DO we say?

You can use ‘A lot’ for countable AND uncountable nouns

If you noticed, I’m not saying A lot ‘oF’ (with the F sound) I’m saying ‘Alodda’ (American Pronunciation)

I have ‘alodda’ money (uncountable)

I have ‘alodda’ friends (countable)

I have ‘alodda’ problems (countable)

So let’s try answering some questions

How many hats do I have?

‘Alodda’ hats (A lot of hats)

How many friends do I have on Facebook?

‘Alodda’ friends. (A lot of friends)

How much money do I have? I don’t have very much money!

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So the next time you see Mister Cool, And he asks you:

How many friends do you have on the Facebook?

You can say: