A few vs A little dan Few vs Little


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Introduction

A few/a little dan few/little adalah kata pembilang yang memiliki arti tidak cukup atau cukup/beberapa.

Form

Penggunaan kata pembilang ini tergantung pada kata benda yang dimaksud:

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 dan a little memiliki arti beberapa, cukup. Kedua kata tersebut menunjukkan bahwa sesuatu memiliki jumlah lebih dari yang diharapkan atau masih tersisa.

Few dan little memiliki arti tidak cukup, kurang or sedikit dari pada yang diharapkan. Kata few dan little memiliki arti bahwa suatu benda tidak dalam jumlah banyak dan justru malah kurang.

Summary

A few/few dan a little/little semuanya memiliki arti beberapa.

  • Kata benda jamak dapat dihitung: a few (positif) dan few (negatif).
  • Kata benda tunggal tidak dapat dihitung: a little (positif) dan little (negatif).

Contoh:
— “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.”

Ketika diawali dengan artikel a, kata pembilang tersebut memiliki makna positif dan menunjukkan bahwa sesuatu masih tersisa cukup; sementara tanpa artikel a, kata pembilang menunjukkan bahwa sesuatu dimaksud tidak tersisa banyak.

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