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El hombre trabaja muchas horas.

El hombre trabaja muchas horas.
The man works a lot of hours.
From Lesson 28:How much and how many (cuánto)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of El hombre trabaja muchas horas.

mucho
many / a lot
trabajar
to work
el hombre
the man
la hora
hour

Questions & Answers about El hombre trabaja muchas horas.

How would I turn this into a question asking 'How many hours does the man work?'
You would use cuántas. The question word for 'how many' has to match the gender and number of the noun it asks about. Since horas (hours) is feminine and plural, you use cuántas: ¿Cuántas horas trabaja el hombre?
Why is it muchas horas and not muchos horas?
In Spanish, words that describe amounts have to match the gender and number of the noun they belong to. Because hora (hour) is feminine and we are talking about more than one, you must use the feminine plural form muchas.
Could I say El hombre trabaja mucho horas instead?
No, because when 'a lot' or 'many' comes right before a noun, it must match that noun, becoming muchas. You only use the fixed word mucho when it describes an action. For example, if you remove the word horas, you can say El hombre trabaja mucho (The man works a lot).
Why does the verb trabaja end in an 'a' here?
Trabaja comes from the regular verb trabajar (to work). Because the subject is el hombre (the man, which equals 'he'), you drop the -ar and add -a. This is the standard rule for regular -ar verbs when talking about 'he', 'she', or 'you (formal)'.

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