Questions & Answers about او کلی پول دارد.
Doesn't کلی usually mean general or overall?
Yes! In formal contexts, کلی means general or total. However, in everyday conversation, it acts as a very common colloquial word meaning loads of or tons of. Here, کلی پول means loads of money.
Does کلی need an ezafe (the linking -e sound) to connect to پول?
No, it doesn't. Because کلی is acting as a quantifier (a word expressing quantity) that comes before the noun, it attaches directly to the noun without an ezafe. You just say کلی پول, similar to how English says loads of money.
How does کلی پول compare to using خیلی or زیاد?
All three mean a lot, but they have different positions and feelings. زیاد usually comes after the noun. خیلی comes before the noun and is the standard way to say a lot of. کلی also comes before the noun but is more informal and emphatic, like saying heaps or tons instead of just a lot.
Is it normal to see the conversational word کلی mixed with the formal verb دارد?
It is a bit of a mix! کلی is highly conversational, while دارد is the written, formal spelling of he has. In real life, an Iranian would almost certainly say this sentence entirely in the spoken form: او کلی پول داره (using داره instead of دارد).