"You have too many cats."
Translation:Du hast zu viele Katzen.
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https://deutsch.lingolia.com/en/grammar/declension/accusative
https://deutsch.lingolia.com/en/grammar/declension/dative
Here the "-e" at the end is a result of the gramatical case called accusative:
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Du hast zu viele Katzen. Du hast viele Katzen. is accusative and plural and indefinite article "viele".
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Du hilfst vielen Menschen. is dative and plural and indefinite article "viele".
Let's see what will happen with another type of article:
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Du hast die zu vielen Katzen. Du hast die vielen Katzen. ~ here you get "-en" at the end because of accusative and plural and definite article "der/die/das".
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Du hilfst den vielen Menschen. is dative and plural and belongs to the definite articles of "der/die/das".
Just adding that "Du hast die zu vielen Katzen" isn't a correct sentence ("You have the too many cats"), but apart from that, the grammar is correct. ("Du hast die vielen Katzen" = "You're the one who owns all those cats" works fine.)
If you substitute "many cats" with "large jackets", it works better: "Du hast die zu großen Jacken." = "You have the too large jackets (I've been looking for)."
(...and accordingly, "Du hast die großen Jacken." = "You have the large jackets.", and "Du hast (zu) große Jacken." = "You have (too) large jackets.")
'Sie haben zu viele Katzen' is of course accepted. I am annoyed that the Tips and notes omit the formal you.
