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Permalink Reply by Marc Vonhalmen on October 7, 2009 at 1:14pm

Hi,

Il y a trop de gens and Il y a beaucoup de choses à faire.
(this is just the literal translation. It could be translated in a different way depending on the context)

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on October 7, 2009 at 1:52pm

You probably know the expression Il y a... for There is..., There are....

For too many people, a common expression is trop de monde. So you can say: Il y a trop de monde.

For plenty of..., a common expression is plein de.... Here "plenty" really means "plenty of things", so expanding this in French gives you plein de choses.

Then you need the construction "X to do". Usually, you can say this with à plus the infinitive (the "basic" form of the verb, without changing it for person etc). So for "plenty (of things) to do", you can say plein de choses à faire, and you end up with the full sentence: Il y a plein de choses à faire.

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