What it means
The word 'Những' is used before a number to emphasize that the quantity is surprisingly large or more than expected from the speaker's perspective. It adds a sense of unexpectedness or emphasis to the number.
Từ 'Những' đứng trước số từ, nhấn mạnh số lượng lớn hơn dự kiến hoặc nhiều hơn người nói nghĩ. Nó tạo cảm giác bất ngờ hoặc nhấn mạnh vào con số.
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“Những” has more than one use
Same word, different jobs in a sentence. These are covered separately:
- những Plurals & Determiners Plural marker that points at a specific, limited set of things or people — "the (certain) ones, some, those pa…
- những "Những" is used to emphasize a quantity or number. It's like saying 'as many as' or 'a whole'. It's common in …
- những "Những" is used before nouns to mean "some", "a few", or "many". It's a common way to refer to an unspecified …
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