Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• ẃele (obsolete)

Determiner

wjele (invariable)

1. many

   z wjele słowami‎ ― with many words

2. how many?

   z wjele kónimi?‎ ― with how many horses?

See also

• nejwěcej ‎(“most”)
• wěcej ‎(“more”)

Pronoun

wjele

1. much, many

   wjele źěła‎ ― much work, lots of work

   Wjelim njejo znate až, […] ‎ ― Many people do not know that […] (literally, To many it is not known that)

2. how much?, how many?

   na wjele?‎ ― how many times?

   po wjelim?‎ ― how many at once? how much at once?

   Wjele to płaśi?‎

   How much does that cost?

   Wjele bratšow a sotšow maš?‎

   How many brothers and sisters do you have?

   Wjele cośo jerjegow?‎

   How many herrings do you want?

Declension

• Optional animate accusative form: wjelich

Usage notes

As a determiner, wjele is invariable; the noun it modifies is always plural is in whatever case is appropriate to its role in the sentence. As a pronoun, wjele may be followed by a noun in the genitive case, which may be either singular or plural, in which case it is invariable; or it may stand alone, in which case it is declinable.

References

• wjele in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.