<p>Your answer is incorrect. 
The subject of your sentence is 学经济的人 （people studying economics, "study-economics-people") and your predicate is 多 (many). So putting it altogether:</p>

<p>学经济的人(很)多。 (positive) or 学经济的人不多。 (negative answer).</p>

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2014-12-08T19:07:06.440Z
If you are not required to answer the question in a sentence, you can just say 多 or 不多. But it is much better to answer it in a sentence as this answer suggests, specially when you are learning
Huangism
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@Huangism Of course!
imrek
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imrek
<p>I make my homework, but I am not sure in translating of a sentence and would be glad to become an answer from native speakers. The task is to write an answer to a question. The question is: 学经济的人多不多？ I understand it so: Do many people study Economics? And this is the answer, I had written down:学经济多的人。(Many people study Economics.)</p>

<p>Is it possible to answer this way or the meaning is another? Or the meaning of the question is totally another? I would be grateful for your help! Thank you!</p>

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2014-12-08T18:22:29.453Z
I read your answer as "People who studies a lot of economics" but then again I been in Canada for so long my chinese isn't that good any more. So to a native speaker it might not make any sense
Huangism
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2014-12-08T18:26:01.900Z
@Huangism As a native speaker for so long time, I interpret it at first glance as "people who studies economics a lot", too :)
Stan
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2014-12-08T18:28:19.317Z
@Stan it seems my chinese is still ok, if someone answer with that to me, I would get it however it is not the correct way to answer. That being said, it could be because I am so used to translating english/chinese that I can understand most mistakes
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# How to translate and answer the question?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-08)

I make my homework, but I am not sure in translating of a sentence and would be glad to become an answer from native speakers. The task is to write an answer to a question. The question is: 学经济的人多不多？ I understand it so: Do many people study Economics? And this is the answer, I had written down:学经济多的人。(Many people study Economics.)

Is it possible to answer this way or the meaning is another? Or the meaning of the question is totally another? I would be grateful for your help! Thank you!

**Tags:** translation, grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I read your answer as "People who studies a lot of economics" but then again I been in Canada for so long my chinese isn't that good any more. So to a native speaker it might not make any sense  
> **username_2**: @username_1 As a native speaker for so long time, I interpret it at first glance as "people who studies economics a lot", too :)  
> **username_1**: @username_2 it seems my chinese is still ok, if someone answer with that to me, I would get it however it is not the correct way to answer. That being said, it could be because I am so used to translating english/chinese that I can understand most mistakes  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-12-08. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Your answer is incorrect.
The subject of your sentence is 学经济的人 （people studying economics, "study-economics-people") and your predicate is 多 (many). So putting it altogether:

学经济的人(很)多。 (positive) or 学经济的人不多。 (negative answer).

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you are not required to answer the question in a sentence, you can just say 多 or 不多. But it is much better to answer it in a sentence as this answer suggests, specially when you are learning  
> **username_3**: @username_1 Of course!  

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