Preparing for a meeting · Asking with how many

Asking with how many in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Asking with how many.

Use many with plural countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns. Information and advice are usually uncountable: some information, a piece of advice.

Context: Preparing for a meeting. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

We have enough coffee, but there are only a few cups.

لدينا قهوة كافية، لكن الأكواب قليلة.

There is not much space on this table.

لا توجد مساحة كبيرة على هذه الطاولة.

Let us use two smaller tables near the window.

لنستخدم طاولتين أصغر قرب النافذة.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: We have enough coffee, but there are only a few cups.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: لنستخدم طاولتين أصغر قرب النافذة.