Die Politik ist _____ sinnvoll.
(a) viel
(b) wenig
Do both (a) and (b) fit into the blank, and would the meaning be "The policy is very sensible" and "The policy is not very sensible", respectively?
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Sign up to join this communityDie Politik ist _____ sinnvoll.
(a) viel
(b) wenig
Do both (a) and (b) fit into the blank, and would the meaning be "The policy is very sensible" and "The policy is not very sensible", respectively?
You can't use (a) for the blank. You might be able to use (b) however. If you want to use the sentence as it is, you need to use "sehr" for the positive connotation.
However, that sounds like a literal translation for the sentence. Depending on the context I would translate it differently. An example would be "Die Politik ist vernünftig." bzw. "Die Politik ist nicht vernünftig."
The problem with your example is, that you can't use "viel" with any adjective. Instead you use "sehr". So in your example it would be:
Die Politik ist sehr sinnvoll. (The policy is very useful/rational)
or
Die Politik ist wenig sinnvoll. (The policy is little useful/rational. To try a more literal translation, you probably would express that differently)
You use "viel" with Substantives, as in:
Ich habe (nicht) viel Zeit.