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How many ?
You know how to get BACK to the previous page, right?
¿Cuántos 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!

or
 
How many are there?
 
¿Cuántos? is the generic question for "how many?"
The answer can be "one" of anything - or more than one ...
If objects or people are to be counted, Cuántos reflects a grouping of masculine items or a mixed group of masculine & feminine items..
When you think to ask about "how many" of something there is in English, no attention is required at all in consideration of whatever gender the "items to be counted" might entail.
 

If it is known that all items to be counted are feminine, the question must be ¿Cuántas?
You can see then how important it is to learn the gender of a noun right off the bat.
¿Cuántos hay?

(c) Kitty Roach
Hay un conejo.
 
Hay uno.
 
 
 
el conejo - los conejos 

 

Hay dos ojos.
 
Hay dos.
 
 
 
el ojo - los ojos

Hay tres osos.
 
Hay tres.
 
 
 
el oso - los osos

Hay cuatro presidentes.
 
Hay cuatro.
 
 
 
el presidente - los presidentes


Hay cinco jalapeños.
 
Hay cinco.
 
 
 
el jalapeño - los jalapeños



(c) Kitty Roach
Hay seis niños.
 
Hay seis.
 
 
 
el niño - los niños

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