Friday 31 October 2008

Accordo di Molto e Poco

Molto e poco can either be adjectives or adverbs.

If they are adjectives they qualify or modify a noun, if they are adverbs they modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

A common mistake is to leave molto e poco unchanged, when they should be agreeing in gender and number with the subject of the sentence:

  • Sandro ha molti soldi (here molto is an adjective, it has to agree with "soldi")

Sandro has lots of money

  • Marco mi ama molto (here molto is an adverb, no need for agreement)

Marco loves me a lot

  • Abbiamo solo pochi minuti (pochi here is an adjective, it has to agree with "minuti")

We only have a few minutes

  • Fra poco comincia lo spettacolo (poco here is an adverb, no need to change it)
Soon the show will start


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