"Haben Sie viele Tiere?"

Translation: Do you have a lot of animals?

[Clifford896649]

why isn't it "Do you have many animals"?

[sssheridan]

That's accepted now

[Will990197]

How would you distinguish between 'she' and 'they' if this was spoken. (therefore you wouldn't know if Sie was capitalised)

[AlaricHolmes]

The verb would be different. "Hat sie viele Tiere?" would be "Does she have a lot of animals?" where as "Haben Sie viele Tiere?" is "Do you have a lot of animals?"

The real trick, which relies on context, is if you're asking whether "you" or "they" have a lot of animals because the grammar for both is identical.

[lapimpale]

Lot of confusion because of capitalization.
What if we speak german?