"Vedo tanta gente alla stazione."

Translation: I see many people at the station.

[bilboburgler]

when should you use tanta and when molta?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

«tanto» = "so many," while «molto» = just "many"

[giorgiasofia]

Both are correct.
They are the same in italian

[duncan_whyte]

No, see above

[gordon_gregory]

Why "so many" and not just "many"?

[JoeM.]

There's a very subjective difference between the phrases 'many' and 'so many' in Italian. That said, molto is generally translated as 'many' and tanto is generally translated as 'so many.' Hope this helps!

[robert0n]

Anyone else think "I see lots of people at the station" should be ok. If not, can anyone explain why?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

The difference is very subtle... «molta gente» means "lots of people" while «tanta gente» means "so many people," where the latter one sounds more like an emphasis perhaps of exasperation.

[jaye16]

It should be accepted report it. See here:

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/4821654

[amanda717]

It's acceptable, but not actually grammatically correct.

[gizzard123]

Should be accepted. I wrote "I see a lot of people at the station" and it was accepted. "lots of people" should be fine.

[JoshuaKnic]

Shouldnt the ending be 'in stazione', rather than 'alla stazione'?

[JacobKaandorp]

I am curious why here 'tanta gente' is used and not 'tante persone'. What is the difference?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

No difference in meaning; the only difference is in the words and the number («gente» = singular, while «persone» = plural).

[lrosley]

When should you use "gente" and when "popolo?"

[LorenzoLM]

I feel that popolo is more like "the people of France" while Gente just people in general.

popolo

[Camodiel]

a lot of people in this forum are saying "tanto" means "so many" but when i hover over the word, it just have me "many" so i got it wrong. this is the first time i've seen word, too.

[Elpithalem]

Yes , exactly my argument, what is the point of the hints? We want the correct answer not the maybe is correct one.

[ZuMako8_Momo]

Yes, «tanto» = "so many;" if you want plain "many," that would be «molto»

[GattoAllegro]

I think "gente" here is WRONG. It should be "persone" as we are talking about a quantified number of people. Gente is used when talking about a people as a whole or single entity, i.e. "the people have spoken." When specifying how many, 1, 2, ten, few, lots, etc, you should use persone. I could be wrong, but here's my evidence:
https://sayitaliano.tumblr.com/post/174665024011/gente-vs-persone-italiano

[ZuMako8_Momo]

In that resource, it says that the two are synoyms for an indeterminate amount of people, and the word «tanta» is indeterminate

[DavidArmil]

Why isn't it all'stazione instead of alla?

[ZuMako8_Momo]

You only use «all'» when the following word starts with a vowel

[Elpithalem]

Where is the word ‘so’, Tant translates to many in the hints , why was my answer incorrect?

[Maria215350]

when do you use 'gente' rather than 'person'?

[TimTreffry]

In the question about the bridge uniting people we were told we couldn't use "gente". (a population rather than a number of individuals).

[elena195358]

Why 'too many" is wrong? Anyway the meaning is the same

[vkvRTA]

Not able to repeat , no facility