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Note
with uncountable wordsviel Kaffee - a lot of coffee
with countable words it takes the plural form viele
viele Leute - a lot of people
Some words can take either depending on how we look at them.
Viel Pizza - a lot of pizza. (e.g. We ate already, but if you want, there is a lot of pizza left...)
Viele Pizzas - many pizzas. (e.g. You ordered many pizzas, I can count at least five...)
Viel Brot - a lot of bread
Viele Brote - many loaves of bread
Test yourself: What does viel mean?
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