Števni in neštevni samostalniki

Countable & Uncountable Nouns

Števne samostalnike lahko štejemo in imajo množinsko obliko (one book, two books). Neštevnih samostalnikov ne moremo šteti posamično in nimajo množinske oblike (water, advice, information). Z neštevnimi samostalniki uporabljaj 'much', s števnimi pa 'many'.

KDAJ UPORABITI

Števne samostalnike uporabljaj z a/an, s števniki in z many/few. Neštevne samostalnike uporabljaj z much/little/some/any, nikoli pa neposredno z a/an ali s števniki. Če želiš neštevne samostalnike šteti, uporabi besedno zvezo s 'posodo' (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** in **pisalo**.

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

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

Lahko dobim **malo vode**? Ni **veliko časa**.

exceptiona piece/glass/cup of+uncountable noun

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

Lahko dobim **kozarec** vode in **en** nasvet?

SIGNALNE BESEDE

many
few
a few
much
little
a little
some
any

PRIMERI

There are many books on the shelf.
Na polici je **veliko knjig**.
We don't have much time left.
Nimamo več **veliko časa**.
Can I give you some advice?
Ti lahko dam **nekaj nasvetov**?
She has a few friends in this city.
V tem mestu ima **nekaj prijateljev**.
There is very little water in the bottle.
V steklenici je **zelo malo vode**.

POGOSTE NAPAKE

Can you give me an advice?

Can you give me some advice?

'Advice' je neštevni samostalnik, zato z njim ne moreš uporabiti 'a/an'

I have many homeworks to do.

I have a lot of homework to do.

'Homework' je neštevni samostalnik in nima množinske oblike

Nasvet

Pogosti neštevni samostalniki, ki jih učenci radi zamenjajo za števne: information, news, furniture, luggage, advice, knowledge, research, traffic, money in homework.