QUANTIFIERS

QUANTIFIERS

1. These are words that help us quantify how much we have of something (much, little, lots, enough, too much, etc.).

   • (many, much, some, any, no, none, a lot of, plenty of, few, little, enough, too, too many, too much, etc.)
     • Countable and uncountable nouns
       • COUNTABLE
         • Countable nouns are those elements that can be counted one by one using numbers.
           • Example
             • How much sugar is there? How many new ideas have you got?
               • Also, items A or AN work well with these names:
                 • An apple a day keeps the doctor away. I need to see a doctor.
                   • How many people are there? → Cuántas personas hay → contable
                     • There were few students in the classroom last week. – Había pocos estudiantes en la clase la semana pasada
             • Two dogs are barking in front of my door. My mother has four sisters.
               • Accounting names have their singular form and also the plural form
                 • dog – dogs doctor – doctors pencil – pencils
       • UNCOUNTABLE
         • Uncountable nouns are those elements that we cannot count using numbers but we can count using quantifiers or partitives.
           • Example
             • Milk – Leche Sugar – Azúcar Flour – Harina
             • And we will use a lot - a lot or a lot. so much - as much or as much, too much - too much or too much in:
               • I have so much pain in my neck – Me duele mucho el cuello
               • Regarding the use of little - little or little:
                 • I only need a little money to buy a pencil – Solo necesito un poco de dinero para comprarme un lápiz.