ESPRIMERE QUANTITA’ INDEFINITE
Come si traduce…
MOLTO
Con sostantivi non numerabili
MOLTI
Con sostantivi numerabili plurali
UN PO’ DI
Con sostantivi non numerabili
Frase affermativa
A LOT OF
-I’ve got a lot of cheese
A LOT OF
-I’ve got a lot of books
SOME
There is some cheese
Frase negativa
MUCH (anche a lot of)
-I haven’t got much cheese
MANY (anche a lot of)
-I haven’t got many books
ANY
-There isn’t any cheese
(N.B. ANY usato nelle frasi affermative significa qualunque
You can come at any time = puoi venire a qualsiasi ora)
UN PO’ DI
ALCUNI
Con sostantivi numerabili plurali
POCO
Con sostantivi non numerabili
POCHI
Con sostantivi numerabili plurali
QUANTO
Con sostantivi non numerabili
QUANTI
Con sostantivi numerabili plurali
TROPPO
Con sostantivi non numerabili e
dopo verbo
TROPPI
Con sostantivi numerabili plurali
ABBASTANZA
Con tutti i sostantivi
A LITTLE (indica una quantità ridotta ma sufficiente)
-I’ve got a little cheese
SOME
ANY
-There are some tomatoes -There aren’t any tomatoes
A FEW (indica quantità ridotta ma sufficiente)
-I’ve got a few books
NOT MUCH I haven’t got much money with me
ONLY A LITLLE I’ve only got a little money with me.
(LITTLE usato solo nella lingua formale o scritta )
NOT MANY There aren’t many biscuits in the packet
ONLY A FEW There are only a few biscuits in the packet
(FEW usato solo nella lingua formale o scritta )
HOW MUCH …?
-How much cheese have you got?
HOW MANY ….?
-How many books have you got?
TOO MUCH
She drinks too much coffee
You speak too much
TOO MANY
She’s got too many bags
ENOUGH
I don’t have enough apples to make a pie
Is there enough milk?
Frase interrogativa
MUCH (anche a lot of)
-Have you got much cheese?
MANY (anche a lot of)
-Have you got many books?
ANY: interrogative normali -Is there any cheese?
SOME: quando ci si aspetta una risposta positiva, quindi: offerte - Would you like some cheese?
richieste - Can I have some cheese?
ANY: interrogative normali
-Are there any biscuits?
SOME: quando ci si aspetta una risposta positiva, quindi:
offerte - Would you like some biscuits?
richieste - Can I have some biscuits?
