Mnogie

Mnogie is the transliteration of the Russian word многие, which functions as a determiner or pronoun meaning "many" or "many of them." It is used with plural nouns to indicate a large, unspecific number of people or things, and it can also serve as the subject of a sentence.

In use, mnogie often appears before a noun or as a subject in statements about a large group. Examples include: Многие пришли на собрание (Many people came to the meeting) and Многие знают об этом (Many know about this). The form is declined in parallel with adjectives in plural, changing endings for different cases (e.g., многие, многих, многим, многих). When referring to a subset of a group, phrases such as многие из них (many of them) are common.

Mnogie is distinct from related terms. Many Russian speakers contrast mnogie with mnogo, which can mean both "much" and "many" in a less specific sense, and with muitoso more formal or literary мнóгое, which means "much" or "many things" and behaves differently in syntax. While mnogie emphasizes a large number of individuals within a group, mnogoe tends to refer to a non-countable amount or to many things collectively.

In modern usage, mnogie appears frequently in formal writing, journalism, and literature, where it conveys generalization about a considerable portion of a population or set. It is less common in casual speech, where speakers may favor более specific counts or the word многие in a broader or less formal sense.