few, a few, little, a little 쓰는법

목차

FEWLITTLE, few a few little a little 쓰는 법

few,a few, little, a little 쓰는법

핵심 차이

가산명사앞에 쓰임	불가산 명사 앞에쓰임
FEW =  거의 없는	LITTLE = 거의 없는
A FEW = 약간의	A LITTLE = 약간의

FEW, A FEW는 가산명사 앞에 쓰입니다.

LITTLE, A LITTLE 은 불가산 명사 앞에 쓰입니다.

FEW, LITTLE 은 'A'의 유무에 따라 의미가 변합니다.

그것을 알아보겠습니다.

Few와 a Few의 차이

few는 어떤 것의 양에 대해 말하고 싶을 때 쓰입니다.
보통 작은 양에 대해서 말하고 싶을 때 사용합니다.

 

• Few members of the family leave their hometown each year.

위 문장에서 few는 가족 중에 한 명이나 두 명 정도가 떠난다는 걸 의미하고 대부분은 남아있다는 것을
나타냅니다. 즉 거의 떠나지 않았다는 것이죠.

 

• A Few members of the family leave their hometown each year.

여기서는 가족 중에 몇몇사람이 떠난다는걸 뜻합니다. 이것은 양에의미를 중점을 둔것이아니라
가족중에 몇몇이 떠난다는 사실을 강조한 것입니다. 
예를 하나 더 보시죠

 

• I have many friends; I’ve known few of them since high school.
• I have many friends; I’ve known a few of them since high school

첫 문장은 내 친구중 적은 수가 고등학교 때부터 알던 사이라는 뜻입니다.

두 번째 문장은 내 친구 중에 몇몇은 고등학교 때부터 알던 사이라는 뜻입니다

즉, 첫번째 문장은 양에 있어서 강조를 한 문장이고

두번째 문장은 내친구중 몇명은 고등학생부터 친구다 라는 사실을 중점적으로 본것입니다.

a few의 사용에 있어서 예외가 있다면 'quite a few'입니다.
이것은 a lot의 의미, 즉 '상당수'의 의미와 같습니다.

 

• I have many friends; I’ve known quite a few of them since high school.

나는 친구가 많은데 그중에 상당수는 고등학교부터 알았어.

 

Little과 a Little의 차이

Little 과 a Little도 위의 few, a few와 법칙이 같습니다.
다만 불가산 명사 앞에 붙는 것이 다른 점이지요

 

• Example : We had little time to prepare before we had to go.
• Example : We had a little time to prepare before we had to go.

첫 문장은 학교 가기 전에 준비할 시간이 거의 없다는 뜻입니다.
두 번째 문장은 학교 가기 전에 시간이 좀 있다는 뜻입니다 비록 많지는 않더라도 말이죠.

 

예문

문장을 준비했습니다. 아래에 정답도 있으니 한번 맞추어 보세요.

1. I have _______ water left. There’s enough to share.
2. I have _______ good friends. I’m not lonely.
3. He has _______ education. He can’t read or write, and he can hardly count.
4. There are _______ people she really trusts. It’s a bit sad.
5. We’ve got _______ time at the weekend. Would you like to meet?
6. Julie gave us _______ apples from her garden. Shall we share them?
7. She has _______ self-confidence. She has a lot of trouble talking to new people.
8. There are _______ women politicians in the UK. Many people think there should be more.
9. It’s a great pity, but the hospital has _______ medicine. They can’t help many people.
10. I’ve got _______ cakes to give away. Would you like one?
11. There’s _______ milk left in the fridge. It should be enough for our coffee.
12.  _______ children from this school go on to university, unfortunately.
13. I have _______ books on the topic if you would like to borrow them.
14. She’s lucky. She has _______ problems.
15. London has _______ sunshine in the winter. That’s why so many British people go on holiday to sunny places!
16. There’s _______ spaghetti left in the cupboard. Shall we eat it tonight?
17. There are _______ programmes on television that I want to watch. I prefer to download a film or read a book.
18. He has _______ free time. He hardly ever even manages to call his mother!
19. Unfortunately, I have _______ problems at the moment.
20. Are you thirsty? There’s _______ juice left in this bottle, if you’d like it.

 

정답보기

1. I have a little water left. There’s enough to share.
2. I have a few good friends. I’m not lonely. 
3. He has little education. He can’t read or write at all, and he can hardly count.
4. There are few people she really trusts. It’s a bit sad.
5. We’ve got a little time at the weekend. Would you like to meet?
6. Julie gave us a few apples from her garden. Shall we share them?
7. She has little self-confidence. She has a lot of trouble talking to new people.
8. There are few women politicians in the UK. Many people think there should be more.
9. It’s a great pity, but the hospital has little medicine. They can’t help manypeople.
10. I’ve got a few cakes to give away. Would you like one?
11. There’s a little milk left in the fridge. It should be enough for our coffee.
12. Few children from this school go on to university, unfortunately.
13. I have a few books on the topic if you would like to borrow them.
14. She’s lucky. She has few problems.
15. London has little sunshine in the winter. That’s why so many British people go on holiday to sunny places!
16. There’s a little spaghetti left in the cupboard. Shall we eat it tonight?
17. There are few programmes on television that I want to watch. I prefer to download a film or read a book.
18. He has little free time. He hardly ever even manages to call his mother!
19. Unfortunately, I have a few problems at the moment.
20. Are you thirsty? There’s a little juice left in this bottle, if you’d like it

 

참조

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/few-a-few/
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