how many

いくつ、何人

人や物がどれだけあるかを尋ねるときに使う。

やさしい英語で： You use this to ask for the number of people or things.

• How many do you need?
• How many books did you buy?
• How many of you have visited France?

使い方： how many + plural noun (How many tickets do we need?); how many of + plural noun/pronoun (How many of these are yours?)

よく使う表現： how many people, how many books, how many of something

いくつ、何人

人数や物の数が不明、または明示されていない場合に、その数を指す。

やさしい英語で： This refers to a number of people or things that is not known or stated.

• Some broke, but I don’t know how many.
• Several people left; nobody counted how many.
• We need more chairs, though I’m not sure how many.

使い方： verb + how many + clause (I cannot remember how many came.)

よく使う表現： know how many, remember how many