English Translation
How much money do you have?
Why is it not “how much money do they have?”
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Because “Sie” is capitalized in this sentence, meaning that it’s the formal “you” here and not “they”.
When Sie shows up at the beginning of a sentence, however, it becomes ambiguous, because the verb conjugation is the same for 2nd person formal and 3rd person plural:
Sie haben viel Geld = could mean “You have a lot of money” or “they have a lot of money”.
In such cases, Germans sometimes will say “die” instead of “sie” if they mean to say “they”:
“Die haben viel Geld” = They (over there) have a lot of money.
I believe “Die” in that context is short for “diese da” (them there).
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