Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty
Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty
Тоо хэмжээ илэрхийлэх үгс. Тоологдох ба тоологдохгүй нэр үгэнд өөр өөр үг хэрэглэнэ.
Товч дүгнэлт
- many / few / a few → тоологдох (many books)
- much / little / a little → тоологдохгүй (much money)
- a lot of / plenty of → хоёуланд нь
- a few = хэдэн (эерэг) / few = цөөхөн (сөрөг)
Аль үгийг хэрэглэх вэ?
| Тоологдох (books) | Тоологдохгүй (money) | |
|---|---|---|
| Их | many / a lot of | much / a lot of |
| Цөөн | few / a few | little / a little |
| Хангалттай их | plenty of | plenty of |
| Асуулт | How many? | How much? |
much ба many
much / many
Ихэвчлэн үгүйсгэх ба асуултад хэрэглэнэ. Батлах өгүүлбэрт a lot of илүү байгалийн.
Do you have much money?
Чамд их мөнгө байна уу?
I don’t have many friends here.
Надад энд олон найз байхгүй.
We have a lot of time. (✓ илүү байгалийн)
Бидэнд их цаг байна.
We have much time.
(Эвгүй сонсогдоно)
a few vs few / a little vs little
- I have a few friends here. (хэдэн найзтай — сайн)
- Let’s have a little coffee. (жаахан кофе)
- = зарим, хангалттай
- I have few friends here. (цөөхөн — муу)
- There’s little hope. (найдвар бараг алга)
- = бараг байхгүй
a lot of, lots of, plenty of
a lot of / lots of / plenty of
Хоёуланд нь хэрэглэнэ. plenty of = хангалттай их, илүүдэлтэй.
There’s a lot of traffic today.
Өнөөдөр их түгжрэлтэй.
She has lots of friends.
Түүнд олон найз бий.
There’s plenty of time — don’t hurry.
Цаг хангалттай байна — бүү яар.
Онцлон тэмдэглэх
very little / only a few
very little / very few = маш бага. only a few / only a little = зөвхөн хэдхэн.
He has very little money.
Түүнд маш бага мөнгө байна.
Only a few people came.
Ердөө хэдхэн хүн ирсэн.
Дасгал
7 даалгаварЗөвийг сонго.
How ___ money do you have?
СонгохHow ___ people were at the party?
СонгохI have ___ friends here — about five or six.
СонгохHe’s lonely. He has ___ friends.
Сонгохlittle / a little-ээр нөхнө үү.
Would you like ___ milk in your coffee?
НөхөхThere’s ___ hope of finding him alive.
НөхөхАлдааг зас.
We have much time before the film starts.
Алдаа засах