【many/much】「たくさん」を意味する言葉の使い分けについて解説！

If you have a lot of money, you can say, I have much money. That's not it. What? It's not? Hello everyone! I'm Roy Nishizawa, an English doctor. In this channel, we teach you how to learn English in a non-conventional way. Roy-san. Yes. I think there are words that mean a lot, such as many and much. I'd like you to tell me how to use them. I see. The difference between many and much is certainly an important grammatical item that must be suppressed. But there is no need to think about using many and much. What? There isn't? In this video, I would like to talk about words that mean a lot. Well, in short, it's many and much, but if you can't use it correctly, you'll get a penalty in the test. So I don't know, I think there are some people who use many as an adverb, and use much as an adverb. If it's an adverb, it's many, and if it's an adverb, it's much? If you use it as an adverb, you won't be able to understand it deeply, so let's understand it properly from a deeper perspective. That's what I'm talking about. Oh, please. For example, let's think about books. When you want to say a lot of books, you can say many books. I don't think it's strange that you can count books. Then, money. You can't count money, so you have to say much money, not many money. You can't count money? Yes, I think there are quite a few people who get caught in that. You can count money like 1,000 yen or 2,000 yen, right? Yes. First of all, whether you count it or not, whether it's an adverb or an adverb, there are quite a few people who get caught in that, but let's use many and much in that state. That's what I'm talking about. So, first of all, it's important to understand whether it's an adverb or not so that you can determine whether it's an adverb or not. I see. I've explained this adverb and adverb in another video before. So, I'd like you to take a closer look at that video. Adverbs. In other words, when you say it in the form of counting, it means that there is a concrete form that can be counted. So, when you say it like a book or books, you're imagining a book with a form that can be counted. And if there are a lot of them, it becomes many books. By the way, what is the noun of this many, Tony? Well, is it an adjective? That's right. The noun of this many is a noun called books. It's an adjective because it's an adjective. Now, let's move on to money. There is an image that money can be counted in Japanese. So, I'd like you to take a closer look at it and imagine it concretely. For example, when you count 100 yen or 200 yen, what are you counting? Is it the price? That's right. If you imagine it more concretely, what number are you counting? 100 yen coins. Yes, 100 yen coins. In other words, you're counting the number of coins. Or bills. This is called a bill or a note. In other words, when you count money, what you're actually counting is a concrete form that can be counted. It's called a bill or a note. The word money is a more abstract concept. The abstract concept is called money. But it doesn't say one money, two monies. Oh, I guess you can't count that. That's why you can't count the word money in English. In Japanese, it's ambiguous. So you can say you're counting money. But in English, you're counting coins or bills. The abstract concept that summarizes them is money. By the way, this way of understanding and organizing concepts is quite important in understanding English. So maybe it'll come up in future videos on this channel. So did you understand that you can't count the word money, Tony? Yes, I understood it well. That's why money doesn't have a concrete form that can be counted. Because it's an abstract concept. So when you say a lot, you use match. It's like match money. So if you have a lot of money, you can say I have much money. You think so, right? But this is a bit of a detailed story, but it's not. Oh, it's not? The word match has a habit of how it's used. Before we talk about that habit, let's put down the noun. The noun of the menu that came out earlier was an adjective. If you say it like a menu box, you'll end up with the noun box. That's why it was an adjective. So when it comes to match, if you say much money, it's the same adjective. It's because it ends with the noun money. But there's another way to use it. For example, thank you very much. Do you know the noun of this match? I don't know where it's on. Is it an adverb? Yes, the answer is correct. The end of the word is thank. It's a verb that says thank you. It means that the degree of gratitude is great. That's why it's an adverb because it's a verb. In other words, match is not only an adjective, but also an adverb. Please keep that in mind. The menu doesn't become an adverb. That's the difference. I'd like to talk about the habit of the word match. You say thank you very much, right? Have you ever heard of thank you much? I don't think so. I don't have it either. And like I don't have much money, we use it in the negative sentence. I don't have much money with this. That's what it means. But I don't usually say I have much money in the negative sentence. Why is that? It's probably related to the pronunciation of the word match. This story is from Mr. Hiroto Onishi, the first person with an English sense. It's written in a book called 100 million English grammar. I've been thinking about that, too. Match is a word that's hard to pronounce. There may be a sound that sounds like a vowel, but it's hard to say match. It's hard to say. So in the negative sentence, to emphasize the word a lot, we don't use the word match. It means a lot, right? That's right. That's why it has a habit. It has a habit. That's why we don't say thank you much. Instead, we say thank you very much. That's how you emphasize very. That's how you say it. Thank you so much. This is also a word that is easy to emphasize. But I don't say thank you much alone. And in the negative sentence, I don't have much money. I don't say I have much money in the positive sentence. I see. So how do you say you have a lot of money? That's where the word a lot of is often used. If you use a lot, it becomes a negative. And by adding the word of, you need a noun behind it. In other words, it's like an adjective in a set of three words. That's how it works. So instead of match, I have a lot of money. That's how you say it. A lot. It's an easy sound to emphasize, isn't it? That's true. And I don't say thank you much, but I say thanks a lot. You can use it as an adverb. And there's another useful thing about a lot of. It doesn't ask for addition and subtraction. I have a lot of books. You can use it as an adverb. You can also use it as an adverb like I have a lot of money. That's really useful. That's right. And it's easier for people to say. I've said this many times. So instead of using many or match, it's easier to use a lot of. That's true. That's how a lot of is often used. In English, it's not just native, it's a language that uses a lot of non-native. So instead of using it like that, it's more like, let's use a lot of. That's true. You can also use match as an adverb. It's okay to say I have much money. I'm sure it'll work. I think it's okay. It's non-native anyway. But it's faster and easier to use a lot of. So at first I said you don't have to use many and match. It's easier to use a lot of, so I recommend it. You can use many as an adverb, but you can't use match as an adverb. To be honest, it's a pain to use. So I'm going to use a lot of from now on. I learned a lot today. Thank you very much. Thank you for watching the video until the end. If you found this video helpful, please subscribe, rate, and comment. If you have a reason why you can't count money, a habit of using match, or a story that you can use a lot of, please leave a comment. See you in the next video. I'm Dr. Nishizawa Roy. See ya!