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Muchos estudiantes están muy nerviosos hoy.

Muchos estudiantes están muy nerviosos hoy.
Many students are very nervous today.
From Lesson 53:Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Muchos estudiantes están muy nerviosos hoy.

Why do we use both muchos and muy in this sentence?
This is the perfect example of the main difference between these two words! Muchos means 'many' or 'a lot of' and is used to describe a noun (estudiantes). Muy means 'very' and is used to make an adjective stronger, like nerviosos (nervous).
Why does muchos end in -os, but muy does not change?
Because mucho changes to match the gender and number of the noun it describes. Since estudiantes is plural, we use muchos. Muy is an adverb, and in Spanish, adverbs never change their endings no matter what they describe.
Could I use son instead of están here?
No, because being nervous is a temporary feeling or state, especially since it is happening hoy (today). We use están (from the verb estar) for temporary states and emotions, rather than son (from the verb ser), which is used for permanent characteristics.
Why is it nerviosos and not just nervioso?
Adjectives in Spanish must match the noun they describe in both gender and number. Since estudiantes is plural, the adjective describing them must also be the plural form, nerviosos.

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