Questions & Answers about Brauchen wir viel Obst?
Why do we use viel here instead of sehr?
Viel means "much" or "a lot of" and is used for quantity, like the amount of fruit. Sehr means "very" and is used to make adjectives stronger (like sehr gut for "very good") or to show intensity. Since we are talking about a physical amount of fruit, we need viel.
Does viel need a special ending to match the noun Obst?
Not here! When viel is used with uncountable nouns (things you can't easily count individually, like fruit, water, or time), it does not get an ending. It just stays viel.
The translation says "fruit", but can I make Obst plural to mean "fruits"?
No, Obst is a "mass noun" in German, meaning it describes the whole category of fruit as a single group. It only exists in the singular form. If you want to talk about individual fruits, you would use the word Früchte or name the specific fruits.
Why does the sentence start with the verb Brauchen?
Because this is a yes/no question. To turn a regular statement like Wir brauchen (We need) into a question, you simply swap the verb and the subject, putting the verb in the very first position: Brauchen wir? (Do we need?).
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