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How many ?
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¿Cuántas hay?
OBJECTIVE:
Look at the world around you in terms of only "masculine" & "feminine."
TASK:
Recognize that everything viewed by a hispanic mentality is simply "el something" or "la something." The gender itself is insignificant.
PERPLEXED?

IT don't exist. Get over IT!

 
How many are there?
 
¿Cuántas? is the feminine question for "how many?"
The answer can be "one" of anything feminine - or more than one ...
If objects or people are to be counted, Cuántas reflects a grouping of feminine-only items.
 
A really odd area for this to carry over into is the numbers in the hundreds:
... specifically, from 200-999.

If it is known that all items to be counted are masculine (or that the group of objects is mixed-gender), the question must be ¿Cuántos?
You can see then how important it is to learn the gender of a noun right off the bat.
¿Cuántas hay?

Hay una araña.
 
Hay una.
 
 
 
la araña - las arañas

(c) Kitty Roach

Hay dos brujas.
 
Hay dos.
 
 
 
la bruja - las brujas


(c) Kitty Roach

Hay tres mariposas.
 
Hay tres.
 
 
 
la mariposa - las mariposas

Hay cinco estrellas.
 
Hay cinco.
 
 
 
la estrella - las estrellas



Hay seis flores.
 
Hay seis.
 
 
 
la flor - las flores



Hay nueve vacas.
 
Hay nueve.
 
 
 
la vaca - las vacas

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