How to Say ‘There are many people’ in Japanese
人が多いです
hito ga ooi desu
[hee-toh ga oh-OH-ee dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Japanese usually says "people are many" with 人が多い rather than "there are many people". The same pattern gives you 学生が多いです "there are lots of students".
Phrase Breakdown
人が
hito ga
people (as the subject)
人 (hito) means 'person/people'. The particle が (ga) marks it as the subject. Say it as one smooth unit: hi-to-ga.
人がいます。
There are people.
Words in this phrase
人
hito
[hee-toh]
person; people
A general word for a person or people.
人と話すのが好きです。
I like talking with people.
が
ga
[ga]
subject marker
A particle marking the subject of the sentence.
興味がある分野を教えてください。
Please tell me the field you are interested in.
多いです
ooi desu
are many / there are a lot
多い (ooi) means 'many'. Hold the long 'oo' sound for two beats. です (desu) makes it polite, and the final 'u' is often almost silent: 'oo-i-des'.
車が多いです。
There are a lot of cars.
Words in this phrase
多い
ooi
[oh-OH-ee]
many; numerous
An i-adjective meaning there is a lot of something.
東京は人が多い。
Tokyo has many people.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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