Brojive i nebrojive imenice

Countable & Uncountable Nouns

Brojive imenice mogu se brojati i imaju oblik množine (one book, two books). Nebrojive imenice ne mogu se brojati pojedinačno i nemaju oblik množine (water, advice, information). Uz nebrojive imenice koristi 'much', a uz brojive 'many'.

KADA KORISTITI

Brojive imenice koristi s a/an, brojevima i many/few. Nebrojive imenice koristi s much/little/some/any, ali nikad izravno s a/an ili brojevima. Kada želiš brojati nebrojive imenice, koristi izraz za posudu ili komad (a glass of water, a piece of advice).

STRUKTURA

formCountable: a/an+noun, numbers, many/few

I have three books and a pen.

Imam **tri knjige** i **olovku**.

usageUncountable: some/any/much/little+noun (no plural)

Can I have some water? There isn't much time.

Mogu li dobiti **malo vode**? Nema **mnogo vremena**.

exceptiona piece/glass/cup of+uncountable noun

Can I have a glass of water and a piece of advice?

Mogu li dobiti **čašu** vode i **jedan** savjet?

SIGNALNE RIJEČI

many
few
a few
much
little
a little
some
any

PRIMJERI

There are many books on the shelf.
Na polici ima **mnogo knjiga**.
We don't have much time left.
Nemamo više **mnogo vremena**.
Can I give you some advice?
Mogu li ti dati **jedan savjet**?
She has a few friends in this city.
Ona u ovom gradu ima **nekoliko prijatelja**.
There is very little water in the bottle.
U boci ima **vrlo malo vode**.

ČESTE POGREŠKE

Can you give me an advice?

Can you give me some advice?

'Advice' je nebrojiva imenica, pa uz nju ne možeš koristiti 'a/an'

I have many homeworks to do.

I have a lot of homework to do.

'Homework' je nebrojiva imenica i nema oblik množine

Savjet

Česte nebrojive imenice koje učenici često smatraju brojivima: information, news, furniture, luggage, advice, knowledge, research, traffic, money i homework.