"В этом городе живёт много людей."
Translation:There are many people living in this city.
November 8, 2015
14 Comments
It's interesting to me that the singular verb "живёт" in this sentence seems not to agree with the plural noun "люди". I guess this is because it's actually agreeing with "много" in the sense of "a lot", which is technically singular?
November 8, 2015
KScottCap
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Wrote that verbatim as well. I think it should be colloquially acceptable unless there's a grammatical reason why it's wrong.
February 16, 2019
It's живёт here, and in the sentence "такие люди всегда хотят жить хорошо" , it's хотят. So does много make "people" singular?
February 22, 2019
Is "In this city, live many people." acceptable? It has the same word order and pretty much the same meaning.
April 15, 2019
Drop the comma and it would be acceptable English, though dated or poetic.
April 15, 2019
