متى نستخدم few و a few
Few And little القليل و القليل
Form
(a) few + plural countable noun
القليل + اسم جمع
(a) little + uncountable noun
Meaning
القليل + اسم لايجمع
A few and a little is used to mean a small quantity or a small number.
كلاهما يعنيان كمية قليلة أو رقم صغير
I have a few friends. (a small number)
لدي القليل من الأصدقاء (عدد صغير)
I have a little money. (a small amount)
لدي القليل من المال. كمية قليلة
Few and little is used to mean "not enough", or to give the small quantity/number a negative meaning.
يعبران عن توفر كمية قليلة بمعنى منفي
I have few friends. (a small number, and I wish I had more)
لدي القليل من الأصدقاء وأرجوا أن يكون لدي أكثر
I have little money. (a small amount, and I wish I had more)
Few and little without "a" are quite formal. In spoken English it is more common to say "only a few/little" or "not much/many".
إذا تم استخدامها بدون (a) فتكونان رسميتان
Few people came to the meeting (more formal)
Only a few people came to the meeting (less formal)
مع (a) تعتبران أقل رسمية
Not many people came to the meeting (less formal)
If we use a few or a little before a pronoun or determiner, we use of.
إذا استخدامهما قبل ضمير نستخدم of
A few of them went to the cinema.
He only kept a little of his money with him.
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