Part 18. 数える名詞

この単語は数えられるのかどうかわからない時ってありませんか？

今回はそれについて少し…

絶対的なルールはないんですが、同じような意味の単語でも、

具体的なものと、抽象的なもので分かれることが多いようです。

数えられる	数えられない	他に数えられないものは； art, love, happiness rice, sugar, butter, water gas, power news, currency しかし、数えられる単語と一緒に使えばOKです。 a piece of news a bottle of water a grain of rice a little, little, much, some, any : It is a little worry. I have little money. I don't have much power. I have some work. Do you have any news? 数えられる名詞には a few, few, many, some, any : I have a few questions. I have few dollars. I have many pens. I have some ideas. Do you have any kids? worry は単複どちらもあり。自分の心配は(複)
dollar	money
song	music
suitcase	luggage
table	furniture
battery	electricity
onion	garlic
report	information
tip (ヒント)	advice
journey	travel
job (職)	work (仕事)
story	history

また、通常数えられない単語でも、呼び名であったり具体的な例を挙げるときなどは数えることができます。

Countable(数えられる)	Word	Uncountable(数えられない)
There are two hairs in my coffee!	hair	I don't have much hair.
There are two lights in our bedroom.	light	Close the curtain. There's too much light!
Shhhhh! I thought I heard a noise.	noise	It's hard to work when there is too much noise.
Do you have a paper to read? (= newspaper)	paper	I want to draw a picture. Do you have some paper?
Our house has seven rooms.	room	Is there room for me to sit here?
We had a great time at the party.	time	Do you have time for a coffee?
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest works.	work	I have no money. I need work!