How to Say ‘There are many cars.’ in Japanese
車が多いです。
kuruma ga ooi desu
[koo-roo-mah gah oh-ee dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Simple pattern: [車] + [が多いです]. You can swap [車] with many other nouns.
🇯🇵 In Japan: In Japan, what kind of [車] you see often depends a lot on the region—city streets and rural roads can feel very different.
Phrase Breakdown
車
kuruma
[koo-roo-mah]
car
Refers to cars in general. In this phrase, it is the thing being counted or noticed.
この町では車が多いです。
There are many cars in this town.
が多いです
ga ooi desu
there are many; is many
Means something exists in a large number or quantity.
この町は車が多いです。
There are many cars in this town.
Words in this phrase
が
ga
[gah]
subject marker
Marks 車 as the subject of the sentence.
駅の近くは車が多いです。
There are many cars near the station.
多い
ooi
[oh-ee]
many; numerous
Describes that something exists in large numbers.
朝は車が多いです。
There are many cars in the morning.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
Polite ending used to complete the statement.
この道は車が多いです。
There are many cars on this road.
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