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How to Say ‘How many people carry it?’ in Italian

Quante persone la portano?

KWAHN-teh pehr-SOH-neh lah POR-tah-noh

[KWAHN-teh pehr-SOH-neh lah POR-tah-noh]

Phrase Breakdown

Quante persone

KWAHN-teh pehr-SOH-neh

How many people

'Quante' is feminine plural because it agrees with 'persone'. Say 'KWAHN-teh per-SOH-neh'.

Example

Quante persone vengono?

How many people are coming?

Words in this phrase

Quante

[KWAHN-teh]

how many

Feminine plural form of 'quanto', agreeing with a feminine plural noun.

Example

Quante pizze volete?

How many pizzas do you want?

persone

[pehr-SOH-neh]

people

Refers to people in general; in company culture, often coworkers or employees.

Example

Dire Le persone si aiutano mostra che le persone nell'azienda collaborano.

Saying 'Le persone si aiutano' shows that people in the company cooperate.

la portano?

lah POR-tah-noh

carry it?

'La' (it) comes before the verb. Let your voice rise at the end for the question.

Example

Chi la porta?

Who carries it?

Words in this phrase

[lah]

Feminine object pronoun referring to a feminine noun.

Example

La pizza? La prendo io.

The pizza? I'll take it.

portano

[POR-tah-noh]

carry

Third person plural of 'portare' (to carry).

Example

Molti uomini portano la croce.

Many men carry the cross.

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