This is the 591st most frequent Finnish word.
monta
"Many" or "a lot of."
The word 'monta' is used as a quantitative word indicating 'many' followed by a partitive form of the noun it modifies.
Minulla on monta kirjaa hyllyssä.
I have many books on the shelf.
The word 'monta' asks about quantity when used with the question word 'kuinka,' followed by a partitive noun form.
Kuinka monta ihmistä tulee juhliin?
How many people are coming to the party?
Here, 'monta' expresses an unspecified large number of things (countries) experienced by someone, with the following noun in the partitive case.