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chili92
26 Dez 2014

  • Vereinfachtes Chinesisch (China)
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how to judge countable nounce and uncountable nounce？

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qzlau
26 Dez 2014

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  • Vereinfachtes Chinesisch (China)

It can be very hard to know if a noun is countable or uncountable if you have not had the experience of using it before. I strongly suggest remembering what category a noun is when you first learn the word.

Uncountable nouns do not have a plural form - for example, "milk", "money", "honey" are all uncountable. As a result, you have to use a measure word when talking about their quantity (think Chinese 一个 etc).

Example: a glass of milk / (a milk*, wrong)
a lot of money / (a money*, wrong)
a spoonful of honey / (a honey* wrong)

Countable nouns can take the definite article "a/an". Examples include "apple", "pie", "tiger", etc. You do not have to use a measure word with these.

Example: I bought three apples.
I baked a pie.
He rode a tiger.

Uncountable nouns generally take the word "much" or "a lot of" in front of them when describing quantity.

Example: You put too much milk in my tea.
He has a lot of money.
(She has many bread*, wrong)

Countable ones generally take the word "many", but can also take "a lot of".

Example:
He has many apples.
You have many tigers.
She made a lot of pies.

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aspiring2phoenixhood
26 Dez 2014

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He has many loaves of bread. (unit = loaf)
He has lots of bread. (as a substance in general)

many coins, many bills;
much cash

I got a strawberry milk (=one unit, one bottle/carton) from the vending machine.
Would you like some strawberry milk? (undefined amount)
Would you like a strawberry milk? (a unit, a container)

"lots of/loads of/heaps of" = a lot of
Hope these things help :)

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