Introduction
Few/a few i little/a little opisuju da nečeg ima nedovoljno [not enough] ili dovoljno [some/enough].
Form
Upotreba ovisi o imenici:
Poitive Attitude | Negative Attitude | |
---|---|---|
Plural Countable | a few | few |
Singular Uncountable | a little | little |
Example
- We have a few beautiful beaches for swimming.
Few beaches are suitable for swimming. - We can bake a cake! We have a little flour.
We can’t bake a cake! We have (very) little flour.
Use
A few i a little označuju nedefiniranu zadovoljavajuću količinu, dovoljno. Pokazuju da nečeg ima više od očekivanog ili ostatak nečega.
Few i little znače nedovoljno, manje od očekivanog. Pokazuju da nečega nema dovoljno, nedostatak nečega.
Summary
A few/few i a little/little opisuju određenu količinu nečega (some).
- Brojive imenice u množini: a few (pozitivno) i few (negativno).
- Nebrojive imenice u jednini: a little (pozitivno) i little (negativno).
Naprimjer:
— “I have a few pencils in my bag, I do not need to buy new ones.”/“I have few pencils in my bag, I have to buy new ones.”
— “There is a little milk in the fridge, we can make a cake.”/“There is little milk in the fridge, we need to go to the supermarket.”
Kada prije njih dolazi a, značenje je pozitivno i označava da nečeg ima dovoljno; bez člana označava da nečeg nema dovoljno.
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