"Many children are here."

Translation: Mnoho dětí je tady.

[CathyMetca]

Why not "mnoho deti jsou tady"?

[VladaFu]

Mnoho, trochu and similar are like numbers above four. Use genitive and a singular verb.

[Ollyfer]

But why a singular verb? Once we surpass a number of one, the plural had to be applied, right? It confused me too now that I came across it.

[VladaFu]

The word mnoho is the subject and it just uses a singular verb. "to mnoho" - even a singular pronoun.

The children cannot be the subject when they in genitive.

[Ollyfer]

Oh! I didn't understand “mnoho” as a subject but as an adjective indicating a measurable object. Thanks for clearing this up for me! I should've read the tips more carefully, and once again.

[JohnFKoen]

I think I am correct in noting that in English, “many” is considered a plural, so “many children are” is correct, but mnoho is singular, so ”mnoho dětí je”

[kacenka9]

This has to do with Czech numbers. MNOHO is not a number per se but since it defines quantity, it behaves in a similar way. Mnoho, málo, trochu... all description of amounts behave as number 5 and up.

More on numbers 5 and higher can be found here https://www.duolingo.com/skill/cs/Numbers-2

More on numbers 1-4 can be found under Numbers 1

[rsail]

Great explanation and link.
Tady je pro Vás jeden(?) lingot.
:)

[imaldastar]

myslim, že pamotuju se učit, slova jaka “tady„ jedí první?? tady proč poslední?

[VladaFu]

If I can decypher what you are trying to say -> there is no such a rule. The most important new information is often, not always, last.

[imaldastar]

"the most important new information," okay, interesting. i think i know what that means maybe? in this sentence "here" is kind of emphasized? (i think i remember learning that words like "tady" go at the beginning of the sentence. maybe it was only circumstantial to some sentences i was working on months ago and now there is no way to remember :/.)