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Cmo contar en Ingls

A/an, the, one, some/any, no, many, much, a few, a little, a lot of, lots of, too many, too much
A: artculo indeterminado singular (un, una) -> a car (si la siguiente palabra empieza por
consonante)
An: artculo indeterminado singular (un, una) -> an ant (si la siguiente palabra empieza por vocal)
The: artculo determinado singular o plural (el, la, los, las) -> the house, the houses
One: adjetivo/pronombre personal o numeral (uno, una) -> I have got one
Some: adjetivo/pronombre (alguno/a/os/as, algo de, unos/as)
Any: adjetivo/pronombre (alguno/a/os/as, nada de, ninguno/a/os/as, cualquiera*)

C
C
C
I
I
I

Some
There are some tables
X
Would you like some biscuits?
There is some sugar
X
Would you like some tea?

Any
You can read any* of these books
There arent any pencils
Do you need any chairs?
I like any* of them (oils)
There isnt any water
Was there any sugar?

- Some & Any + sustantivo Contable (siempre en plural) = verbo en plural.


- Some & Any + sustantivo Incontable (considerado singular) = verbo en singular.
- Some se usa en interrogativas solamente si se espera un s seguro por respuesta o se quiere hacer
un ofrecimiento.
- Any se usa en afirmativas (contables o incontables) solamente con el significado de cualquiera
- No: En vez de there isnt any sugar/there arent any cars -> there is no sugar/there are no cars.
- Todos los sustantivos necesitan un contador.

Nouns
Many
Much
A Few
A Little
A lot of
/ Lots

C I
X
X
X
X
X X

Example
Ive got many bycicles
I dont want much milk in my tea
I would like to do a few questions
I saved a little money
I read a lot of books/ I drink a lot of beer
I earned lots of euros/ I lost lots of money

Meaning
Muchos/as
Mucho/a
Unos/as pocos/as
Un poco de
Un montn de
/ Montones

- Too + many contable(demasiados/as) -> I ate too many potatoes.


- Too + much: incontable(demasiado/a) -> I drank too much wine.
- Enough: contable e incontables (suficiente/s) -> There isnt enough oil / There arent enough cars.
- How + many: contable (cuntos/as?) -> How many pets have you got?
- How + much: incontable (cunto/a?) -> How much milk do you drink daily?

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