How do you say "much" and "a lot" in French? As in "I have studied a lot" or "I do not have much"?

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cccg03 · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-07 14:10:21Z

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"much" and "a lot" could be translated into "trop", "beaucoup", or "autant".

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answered Apr 7, 2016 at 11:51

fashuai

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Thanks! That cleared up a lot. I'm assuming you're not native so I'm going to also help you with your english just as you helped me :D "Why much people do not know the philology" is grammatically wrong you should say "Why don't many people know about philology", in English we don't generally put "The" before branches of knowledge.
– chaplinmyflabbydog
Apr 7, 2016 at 11:52
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Notice that all these words are not exact synonyms: "trop" means "too much" or "too many", "beaucoup" is "a lot", "much" or "many", "autant" can mean "as much", "that many"...
– Anne Aunyme
Apr 7, 2016 at 11:55
Merci pour ces petites précisions omises :)
– fashuai
Apr 7, 2016 at 11:56
chaplinmyflabbydog, you are right :) thank you
– fashuai
Apr 7, 2016 at 14:55

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:38:50Z

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A lot and much can have various functions and their interpretation in French may vary accordingly.

E.g.

We still owe quite a lot. Nous devons encore beaucoup d’argent.

This happens a lot. Cela arrive souvent.

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answered May 2, 2018 at 8:40

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