Topic: Danish

"The roots need a lot of water."

Translation:Rødderne behøver meget vand.

June 2, 2015

5 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Meredydd

    Mange was not accepted. What is the difference from the grammatic point of view?

    June 2, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Xneb
    Mod

      "Mange" is used for countable or plural collective nouns:
      "Hvor mange penge?" = How much money (lit. How many monies?)
      "Der er mange køer" = There are many cows

      "Meget" is for uncountable nouns and to describe the degree of an adjective
      "Meget vand" = A lot of water
      "Hun er meget smuk" = She is very beautiful

      Here, "vand" is an uncountable noun, and so takes "meget"

      June 2, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/JamesTWils
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      So, similar to the distinction between much and many in English, then.

      June 21, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/yosjp
      • 514

      Rødderne trænger til meget vand. I do not understand, why this is wrong.

      November 28, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/RowanM.1
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      There was another question where "a lot of" had to be translated with "meget af". Not sure why that isn't used here.

      May 24, 2019
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