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English Grammar with Emma, English for Beginners: Countable & Uncountable Nouns

English for Beginners: Countable & Uncountable Nouns

Hello.

My name is Emma, and in today's video I'm going to teach you about countable and uncountable nouns. We can also call these "count nouns" and "non-count nouns". So, let's begin by first talking about: What is a noun? So, a noun is a word that is a person...

It can be a person, so: "Emma", that's a noun; "teacher", that's a noun. It can be a place.

"Russia" is a noun. "School" is a noun. It can be an animal; a dog.

"Dog" is a noun. The word "cat" is a noun. It can also be a thing.

This marker...

The word "marker" is a noun. Okay?

And it can also be a feeling.

"Happiness" is a noun. So, a noun is a person, a place, a thing, an object, an animal.

There are many things that are nouns.

What a noun is not is it's not an action, like a verb; it's not a description, like an adjective; and it's not a preposition, like the word "on" or "off". Okay?

A noun is, like I've said before, one of these things. So, in English...

Well, actually, first let's do something. Let's underline the nouns just to make sure we have this concept. So, my first sentence is: "Canada is a large country." So let's underline the nouns, here. Well, "Canada" is a place, so we know "Canada" is a noun; "is" is a verb; "large" - this is a description; "country". "Country" is a place; this is also a noun. "My teacher is funny". "Teacher" is a person, so this is a noun; "funny" is a description, it's an adjective, it's not a noun. "The dog", so we have "dog" is an animal; "cats", "cats" are nouns; and we have the word, here, "friends". The word "friend" is also a noun. Okay?

So, these are all nouns.

So, in English, we have two types of nouns; we have countable nouns and we have uncountable

nouns.

It's important to know if a noun is countable or uncountable, because this is going to tell us if we use words, like: "a" in front of the word, and it will also tell us which words we cannot use with these words.

So... And whether or not we need to add an "s" to the end of the noun if there's more than one. So, in this video, we are going to talk about countable nouns with many examples and uncountable nouns.

So, let's look at countable nouns first. Okay, so we're going to start with countable nouns first. So, the first thing you need to know with a countable noun is when we have a countable

noun, we need to put an "a" or an "an" in front of it. So, for example: "I have a dog. I have a computer.

I have a lamp.

I have a chair." So, notice I'm putting "a" in front of all of these. If the noun starts with a vowel sound, so for example: "a" is a vowel, "e", "i", "o", "u" - these are all vowels. And if it starts with a vowel sound, then we use "an". "I have an apple. I have an egg.

I have an ant." Okay?

So, we use this if the first...

The first sound of the word is a vowel.

So, the second thing you need to know is that with countable nouns a lot of the time we

can count them.

Okay?

So we can often...

A countable noun is something you can count, or...

Usually it's something, or an animal, or, you know, a place - it's something you can count.

So, for example: "I have a book." This is one book.

"I have two books. ", "I have three books." So, this...

You can count books and it's a countable noun. "I have two chairs. I have five dresses." These are all countable nouns.

When we have more than one countable noun, so for example, here we have one, here we

have two.

If we have more than one-so two, three, four, five, six-we need to add an "s". This shows us that there is more than one.

And also notice that we don't need this in front of the noun anymore. So, we cannot say: "a books", because the "s" means there's more than one, so this would not match. Okay.

What else do we need?

So, we need an "s" or an "es" if we have more than one of this type of object or noun. Here's another example: "I have one sister. ", "I have three sisters." So, notice here, you can count the number of sisters I have, and so I've added an "s". Now, we have some exceptions.

For example, the word "moose". You can count the number of moose, but we never add an "s". It's... It's a strange exception. In English, you'll notice we have a lot of exceptions. We break rules a lot of times in English and that's okay. It's the same with "fish". You can count the number of fish, but we don't... You change this word if there's more than one. I can't say: "I have five fishes." Okay?

I would say: "I have five fish." So, sometimes there are exceptions with count nouns or countable nouns.

Now let's look at: What is an uncountable noun, and how is it different? Okay, so we've talked about countable nouns; now we're going to talk about uncountable nouns or we can call them non-count nouns.

Okay?

So that means the same thing.

An uncountable noun is a noun where you do not use "a" or "an" in front of it. Okay?

So, for example, an uncountable noun is "happiness". I do not say: "a happiness". Okay, so that's no. So, we do not use "a" or "an". We also don't add "s" or "es". Okay?

And the reason we don't add "s" or "es" is because the idea of uncountable is you can't count it.

Now, there are many exceptions to this, but in general, an uncountable noun is something

you can really count.

So I want you to think, for example, of happiness.

Can you count happiness?

Can you say: "One happiness, two happiness; my friend has five happiness"? You can't really count it. It's the same with words, like: "sadness" or with, you know, "stress". These are things that are abstract and they're things you can't really count. Okay?

So, because of that, we do not add "s" or "es" to uncountable words. Another thing you'll find with uncountable words, and this is where it kind of gets a bit tricky, is a lot of uncountable nouns are actually categories.

So, for example: "furniture" is an uncountable noun. In English, you don't count furniture. So, you would...

You would not add an "s" to the word "furniture"; it's always the same. "I have furniture at my house." I do not say: "I have a furniture." No.

In English, you can't do that. You say: "I have furniture." There is no "a" or "an". It's the same with the word "clothes". "Clothes" never changes; it always stays the same. I cannot say: "I have a clothes." I cannot say: "I have four clothes." Okay?

In English, we can't do this, and this is because these are categories. It's the same with "money". And a lot of students get really frustrated with this, because in their language, you

can count these things.

So, I understand that and I understand, you know, languages are very different, but in

English you cannot count these things in the same way.

They're considered categories. So, in English, I cannot say: "I have five money." And I also don't add an "s" to "money". It always stays the same.

I can say: "I have a lot of money" or "I have no money", but I can't actually put a number in front of money.

So, what can you do is...

We're looking at categories, there, but within each category there are things you can count. So, for example: "furniture" is uncountable, but tables, chairs, desks, refrigerators, ovens - these are all things we can count.

So, "furniture" does not have an "s", but these other words do within the category. "Clothes", again, we never change it; it always is the same, but types of clothes we can have as countable.

So, we can have five dresses, you know, 10 socks.

So, you can count a lot of clothes.

With "money", we don't... Like I said, we don't add an "s", but we can count coins. Okay?

So we can count coins.

"I have five coins. I have seven bills." So, within the category, you can count, but the category itself we cannot put an "s" on that because it is an uncountable noun.

A lot of the times different types of food and different types of drinks are also uncountable.

So, for example: "milk". We do not count milk.

In English, we can't say: "I have one milk. I have six milk." What we can do is we can add a container to this word or we can add an amount, so that's okay.

So, what we can say is: "I have a glass of milk." Okay?

Or: "I have five glasses of milk. ", "I have two cups of milk." So, "milk" itself never changes, but the quantity or the amount can. It's the same with, for example, "juice". "I have eight cups of juice", but "juice" itself... The word "juice", we can never say "juices". Okay?

So that...

It doesn't change because it's an uncountable noun. And we'll look at more examples of this in full sentences in a moment. "Mustard" or "ketchup", these are more examples. We do not say: "I have 10 or 20 mustards." No.

We can't count this, so we always keep it the same; or we can add a container or a quantity. "I have five bottles of mustard." Okay?

So...

And it's the same with these words, too. "I have 10 pieces of furniture." So, we can put a quantity in front, but the actual word itself is an uncountable noun.

So, let's look at more examples of this. Okay, so we're going to do a little bit of practice; but before we begin, I want to again say that there are many, many exceptions to what I am saying, meaning usually this is...

What I'm telling you is the truth or what I'm telling you is accurate, but every so often there are some words that are not going to follow these rules.

Okay?

So, when you come across these words, just remember: Don't get frustrated; English is not a perfect language and not everything follows the rules, but we're trying our best. So, let's look at some of these nouns and I want you to tell me: Are they countable or uncountable?

The first one is "English". English is a thing, it's a language, it's a noun. Can we count English?

Okay?

Would we say: "I have a English"? Can I say: "Englishes"? No.

So, "English" is uncountable. Okay?

It never changes; it always stays the same.

You can say: "I like English." There is no "a" in front of "English". What about "student"? Can you count student?

Teachers do this all the time; they count the number of students in their class.

"There are 10 students in my class", so "students" is countable. So, if I want to count students...

Maybe there are five students, so I could put a five here.

And if there's more than one, what do I have to do with a countable noun? We add an "s": "students". What about this word: "bottle"? Okay?

Like, a bottle of water.

Can you count bottles?

Yes, you can.

So, we consider "bottles" countable. "I have one bottle. ", "I have five bottles." Okay?

So, in this case, imagine I have one, I can say: "I have a bottle." It's a countable noun. "Water". Can we count water?

"Water" is considered uncountable. Okay?

Now, you might be yelling at your computer, saying: "But I can count water! I can!" And you might have water, here, and say: "Look, this is a water." But this is actually not a water; this is a bottle of water.

"Water" itself we don't count. We count water in bottles, or in litres, or in jugs.

So, "water" itself is uncountable. We do not add an "s". Okay.

It is uncountable.

But "bottle" or "a bottle of water" is something we can count. "Cellphone". Can we count cellphones?

Cellphones are countable; they are a countable noun.

So, if we have more than one cellphone...

If we have two cellphones, we're very lucky - we can add an "s". What about "shoe"? "Shoe", we can actually say "shoes". Shoes are countable.

"I have shoes." Okay?

I have...

"I have one shoe. Here are two shoes, three shoes, four shoes", so we can count shoes. We often talk about "a pair of shoes", but we can also count shoes individually. What about "sadness"? Can you count sadness?

Can you say: "Oh, that man, he's really sad - look, he has 100 sadnesses"? No.

We cannot count sadness; it's a feeling. It's something we can't really count. This is uncountable, so we do not add "a". Okay.

I can say: "I have sadness"; there's no "a" in front of it. Last one we're going to look at here: "coffee". So, coffee...

Remember food...

Or food and drinks are often uncountable.

We can talk about a cup of coffee, but we're counting the cup. Coffee itself we consider uncountable.

So, usually we don't say "coffees". Okay, but again, there's always exceptions and sometimes people use... You know, they might go to a restaurant and actually...

They might say: "I'll have a coffee", so you might actually hear that. It's going against the grammar rule, but people are starting to say things like that. I don't want to confuse you more, but in terms of the grammar rule, "coffee" is uncountable. Okay?

So now let's look at a couple other words we use which are important when we're learning about countable and uncountable.

Okay, so we've talked about countable and uncountable nouns. Now, there are some words we use with only countable nouns and other words we use only

with uncountable nouns.

So, right now we're going to learn about "many" and "much". So, let's start with "many" because it's a little easier. "Many" is used with countable nouns, and it means a lot. So, for example: "I have a lot of friends. I have many friends." So, it's when we're not giving a specific number. "I have five friends" I can say, but I can also say: "I have many friends." Maybe I have 10 dogs.

That's not true, but imagine that. That's a lot of dogs, so I can say: "I have many dogs." We use "many" for countable nouns. A way to remember is, like I said before, you use "an" or "a" with countable nouns, and "many" has "an" in it. That's a little memory trick. Okay?

So if you want to remember: "many" - oh, "an", "an"; we use "an" for countable nouns - we use "many" for countable nouns. "Much" is used for uncountable nouns. So, "much" means the same thing. Okay?

It means a lot, and we use "much" for uncountable. So, for example: "money". I told you before money is uncountable, so we could say: "I don't have much money. I don't have much furniture. I don't have much coffee." Okay?

So, "much" is used with uncountable nouns. Now, a lot of students get really stressed about this, and they say: "'Much', 'many', 'count', 'uncountable' - ugh, this is terrible. I don't remember any of it." Here is the trick.

This is good to learn, but if you don't know and you're really stressed, you can use "a lot" for both countable and uncountable nouns. Okay?

So: "I don't have a lot of money. I don't have a lot of friends. ", "I have a lot of friends. I have a lot of money." Okay?

So, if you don't know, use this. So, we've learned a lot today about countable and uncountable nouns, and this is something that requires a lot of practice.

Okay?

So, I invite you to come check out our website at www.engvid.com, and there you can actually

do a quiz where you can practice identifying countable and uncountable nouns, and using

these in sentences.

So, I highly recommend you take our quiz.

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Hello.

My name is Emma, and in today's video I'm going to teach you about countable and uncountable nouns. |||||||||||||||||people, places, things |||||||||||enseñar||||||sustantivos contables y no contables 今日のビデオでは、可算名詞と不可算名詞についてお話しします。 我的名字是艾玛,在今天的视频中,我将教你关于可数名词和不可数名词的知识。 We can also call these "count nouns" and "non-count nouns". |||||quantifiable||||| ||||estos términos||sustantivos|||| Můžeme je také nazývat „počítací podstatná jména“ a „nepočítací podstatná jména“. これらを「数えられる名詞」と「数えられない名詞」と呼ぶこともできる。 我们也可以称这些为“可数名词”和“不可数名词”。 So, let's begin by first talking about: What is a noun? ||||||||||Person, place, thing ||||primero|hablando sobre|||||sustantivo 名詞とは何か? 那么,让我们首先讨论:什么是名词? So, a noun is a word that is a person... ||Person, place, thing||||||| つまり、名詞とは人を表す言葉なのだ...。 所以,名词是一个词,是一个人...

It can be a person, so: "Emma", that's a noun; "teacher", that's a noun. |||||||||Person, place, thing|||| |||||||||sustantivo|||| Může to být osoba, takže: "Emma", to je podstatné jméno; "učitel", to je podstatné jméno. エマ」は名詞、「先生」は名詞です。 它可以是一个人,所以:“Emma”,这是一个名词; “老师”,那是个名词。 It can be a place. ||||lugar Může to být místo. 場所でもいい。 它可以是一个地方。

"Russia" is a noun. Rusia|||sustantivo 「ロシア」は名詞である。 “俄罗斯”是一个名词。 "School" is a noun. 「学校」は名詞である。 “学校”是名词。 It can be an animal; a dog. Může to být zvíře; pes. 動物でもいい、犬でもいい。 它可以是动物;一只狗。

"Dog" is a noun. "Pes" je podstatné jméno. 「犬」は名詞である。 “狗”是名词。 The word "cat" is a noun. cat」は名詞である。 It can also be a thing. ||también puede|||cosa ものであることもある。 也可以是一件事。

This marker... este marcador|marcador このマーカーは... 这个标记...

The word "marker" is a noun. Slovo "marker" je podstatné jméno. マーカー」は名詞である。 “标记”这个词是一个名词。 Okay? 好的?

And it can also be a feeling. ||||||sentimiento A také to může být pocit. そしてそれは感情でもある。 它也可以是一种感觉。

"Happiness" is a noun. felicidad||| "Štěstí" je podstatné jméno. 「幸福」は名詞である。 “幸福”是一个名词。 So, a noun is a person, a place, a thing, an object, an animal. ||sustantivo||||||||||| つまり、名詞とは人、場所、物、動物である。 所以,名词是一个人、一个地方、一个事物、一个物体、一种动物。

There are many things that are nouns. hay||muchas cosas|cosas|que|verbo auxiliar|sustantivos 名詞であるものはたくさんある。 有很多东西是名词。

What a noun is not is it's not an action, like a verb; it's not a description, like ||sustantivo||||||||||||||| 名詞は動詞のように動作ではない。 an adjective; and it's not a preposition, like the word "on" or "off". ||||||||||||fuera přídavné jméno; a není to předložka, jako slovo „zapnuto“ nebo „vypnuto“. 形容詞であり、"on "や "off "のような前置詞ではない。 Okay?

A noun is, like I've said before, one of these things. ||||||||||cosas Podstatné jméno je, jak jsem již řekl dříve, jednou z těchto věcí. 名詞というのは、前にも言ったように、こういうものの一つだ。 So, in English... つまり、英語では...

Well, actually, first let's do something. |||||algo No, vlastně, nejdřív něco udělejme. まあ、実際、まずは何かをしよう。 Let's underline the nouns just to make sure we have this concept. |subrayemos||sustantivos|||||||| Podtrhneme podstatná jména, abychom se ujistili, že máme tento pojem. 念のため名詞に下線を引いておこう。 So, my first sentence is: "Canada is a large country." つまり、私の最初の文章は、"カナダは大きな国である "ということだ。 So let's underline the nouns, here. では、名詞に下線を引いてみよう。 Well, "Canada" is a place, so we know "Canada" is a noun; "is" is a verb; "large" - this カナダ」は場所であり、「カナダ」は名詞である。 is a description; "country". は説明である。 "Country" is a place; this is also a noun. país|||||||| 「国」は場所であり、これも名詞である。 "My teacher is funny". |||gracioso 「私の先生は面白い」。 "Teacher" is a person, so this is a noun; "funny" is a description, it's an adjective, |||||||||||||||adjetivo "Teacher "は人だから名詞。"Funny "は説明だから形容詞だ、 it's not a noun. それは名詞ではない。 "The dog", so we have "dog" is an animal; "cats", "cats" are nouns; and we have the 「つまり、"dog "は動物であり、"cats"、"cats "は名詞である。 word, here, "friends". ここでは「友人」である。 The word "friend" is also a noun. 友人」という言葉も名詞である。 Okay?

So, these are all nouns. つまり、これらはすべて名詞だ。

So, in English, we have two types of nouns; we have countable nouns and we have uncountable |||nosotros|||||sustantivos|||contables|||||no contables

nouns. 名詞である。

It's important to know if a noun is countable or uncountable, because this is going to tell ||||||||||no contable|porque esto dirá||||| Je důležité vědět, zda je podstatné jméno počitatelné nebo nepočitatelné, protože to napoví 名詞が可算名詞か不可算名詞かを知ることは重要である。 us if we use words, like: "a" in front of the word, and it will also tell us which words když použijeme slova, jako: "a" před slovem, a také nám řekne, která slova また、単語の前に "a "を付けると、どの単語が "a "であるかを教えてくれる。 we cannot use with these words. |no podemos|||| s těmito slovy nemůžeme použít. 私たちはこれらの言葉を使うことはできない。

So... And whether or not we need to add an "s" to the end of the noun if there's more than one. entonces||si||||necesitamos||||||||||||||| 名詞が複数ある場合、名詞の最後に "s "を付ける必要があるかどうか。 So, in this video, we are going to talk about countable nouns with many examples and uncountable nouns. そこで、このビデオでは、可算名詞と不可算名詞について、たくさんの例文を使ってお話しします。

So, let's look at countable nouns first. ||||sustantivos contables|| では、まず可算名詞を見てみよう。 Okay, so we're going to start with countable nouns first. では、まず可算名詞から始めましょう。 So, the first thing you need to know with a countable noun is when we have a countable |||||necesitas||||||sustantivo contable||||||contable そこで、可算名詞でまず知っておかなければならないのは、可算名詞があるとき

noun, we need to put an "a" or an "an" in front of it. ||necesitamos||poner|un|||||||| 名詞の前に "a "か "an "を付ける必要がある。 So, for example: "I have a dog. 例えば、「私は犬を飼っています。 I have a computer. 私はコンピューターを持っている。

I have a lamp. |tengo||lámpara ランプがあるんだ。

I have a chair." yo|tengo||silla 椅子があるんだ」。 So, notice I'm putting "a" in front of all of these. |||poniendo|||||||estas Všimněte si tedy, že před všechny tyto stavy dávám „a“. だから、これらの前に "a "をつけていることに注目してほしい。 If the noun starts with a vowel sound, so for example: "a" is a vowel, "e", "i", "o", ||||||vocal|||||||||una|una|o Pokud podstatné jméno začíná samohláskou, tak například: "a" je samohláska, "e", "i", "o", 名詞が母音で始まる場合、例えば "a "は母音、"e"、"i"、"o"、 "u" - these are all vowels. u|||| 「u" - これらはすべて母音である。 And if it starts with a vowel sound, then we use "an". ||||||母音||||| 母音で始まる場合は "an "を使う。 "I have an apple. I have an egg. 卵があるんだ。

I have an ant." アリがいるんだ」。 Okay?

So, we use this if the first... だから、最初の...

The first sound of the word is a vowel. ||||||||vocal sonora 単語の最初の音は母音である。

So, the second thing you need to know is that with countable nouns a lot of the time we そこで、2つ目に知っておかなければならないことは、可算名詞の場合、多くの場合、次のようになるということだ。

can count them. puede contar|puedo contarlos|ellos は数えることができる。

Okay?

So we can often... |||a menudo だから私たちはしばしば...

A countable noun is something you can count, or... ||||algo contable|||| 可算名詞とは、数えられるもの、つまり...

Usually it's something, or an animal, or, you know, a place - it's something you can 通常、それは何か、動物、あるいは場所である。 count.

So, for example: "I have a book." |||yo|tengo|| 例えば、"私は本を持っています"。 This is one book. これは1冊の本だ。

"I have two books. 「私は2冊の本を持っている。 ", "I have three books." "、"私は3冊の本を持っています"。 So, this... entonces|esto

You can count books and it's a countable noun. 本は数えられるし、可算名詞だ。 "I have two chairs. 「椅子は2脚ある。 I have five dresses." |||vestidos ドレスは5着ある」。 These are all countable nouns. これらはすべて可算名詞である。

When we have more than one countable noun, so for example, here we have one, here we cuando|||||||||||aquí|||||nosotros 可算名詞が2つ以上ある場合、例えば、ここに1つ、ここに2つある。

have two.

If we have more than one-so two, three, four, five, six-we need to add an "s". |||||||||||||necesitamos||||s 2、3、4、5、6......と複数ある場合は、"s "をつける必要がある。 This shows us that there is more than one. これは、複数の選手がいることを示している。

And also notice that we don't need this in front of the noun anymore. ||||||necesitamos|||||||ya no また、名詞の前にこの記号はもう必要ない。 So, we cannot say: "a books", because the "s" means there's more than one, so this would entonces||||||||||||||||indicaría なぜなら、"s "は複数あることを意味するからだ。 not match. |coincidencia 一致しない。 Okay.

What else do we need? 他に何が必要なんだ?

So, we need an "s" or an "es" if we have more than one of this type of object or noun. そのため、このタイプの目的語や名詞が複数ある場合は、"s "や "es "が必要になる。 Here's another example: "I have one sister. 妹が一人います。 ", "I have three sisters." "、"私には3人の姉妹がいます"。 So, notice here, you can count the number of sisters I have, and so I've added an "s". ここで、私の姉妹の人数を数えてみてください。 Now, we have some exceptions. |||algunas|excepciones 今は例外もある。

For example, the word "moose". ||||alce 例えば、「ヘラジカ」という言葉。 You can count the number of moose, but we never add an "s". ヘラジカの数を数えることはできるが、"s "をつけることはない。 It's... It's a strange exception. 奇妙な例外だ。 In English, you'll notice we have a lot of exceptions. |||||||muchas excepciones|| 英語では、多くの例外があることにお気づきだろう。 We break rules a lot of times in English and that's okay. |rompemos|reglas||||||||| 英語では何度もルールを破るが、それでいいのだ。 It's the same with "fish". ||||pez 魚」も同じだ。 You can count the number of fish, but we don't... |||||||||no contamos 魚の数は数えることができるが、我々は... You change this word if there's more than one. |cambias||||||| この単語が複数ある場合は変更する。 I can't say: "I have five fishes." ||decir|||| 私は5匹の魚を持っています」とは言えない。 Okay?

I would say: "I have five fish." ||||||peces 私はこう言うだろう。 So, sometimes there are exceptions with count nouns or countable nouns. |a veces||||||||| だから、数えられる名詞や可算名詞には例外があることもある。

Now let's look at: What is an uncountable noun, and how is it different? |vamos a||||||no contable|sustantivo||||| では、不可算名詞とは何か、どう違うのかを見てみよう。 Okay, so we've talked about countable nouns; now we're going to talk about uncountable |||||||||vamos a||hablado|| さて、ここまで可算名詞について話してきた。 nouns or we can call them non-count nouns. 名詞、あるいは数えられない名詞と呼ぶこともできる。

Okay?

So that means the same thing. つまり、同じことだ。

An uncountable noun is a noun where you do not use "a" or "an" in front of it. 不可算名詞とは、名詞の前に "a "や "an "をつけない名詞のことです。 Okay?

So, for example, an uncountable noun is "happiness". 例えば、不可算名詞は「幸福」である。 I do not say: "a happiness". 私は「幸せ」とは言わない。 Okay, so that's no. オーケー、それはノーだね。 So, we do not use "a" or "an". だから "a "や "an "は使わない。 We also don't add "s" or "es". また、"s "や "es "も付けない。 Okay?

And the reason we don't add "s" or "es" is because the idea of uncountable is you can't count it. 数えてみて。

Now, there are many exceptions to this, but in general, an uncountable noun is something さて、これには多くの例外があるが、一般的に不可算名詞とは、次のようなものを指す。

you can really count. あなたは本当に数えることができる。

So I want you to think, for example, of happiness. |||||||||felicidad だから、例えば幸せについて考えてみてほしい。

Can you count happiness? 幸せを数えることができるか?

Can you say: "One happiness, two happiness; my friend has five happiness"? 私の友人は5つの幸せを持っている」と言えるだろうか? You can't really count it. 本当に数えることはできない。 It's the same with words, like: "sadness" or with, you know, "stress". ||lo mismo||||tristeza|||||énfasis 例えば、「悲しみ」とか「ストレス」とか。 These are things that are abstract and they're things you can't really count. ||cosas||||||cosas|||| これらは抽象的なもので、本当に数えることができないものだ。 Okay?

So, because of that, we do not add "s" or "es" to uncountable words. ||||||||||||no contables| そのため、数えられない単語には「s」や「es」を付けません。 Another thing you'll find with uncountable words, and this is where it kind of gets a ||||||||||||||se vuelve| もうひとつ、数えられない単語がある。 bit tricky, is a lot of uncountable nouns are actually categories. ちょっと厄介なのは、数えられない名詞の多くが実はカテゴリーだということだ。

So, for example: "furniture" is an uncountable noun. In English, you don't count furniture. 英語では家具は数に入れない。 So, you would... だから、あなたは...

You would not add an "s" to the word "furniture"; it's always the same. Furniture(家具)という単語に "s "をつけることはない。 "I have furniture at my house." 「私の家には家具がある。 I do not say: "I have a furniture." 私は "家具を持っている "とは言わない。 No.

In English, you can't do that. 英語ではそれはできない。 You say: "I have furniture." あなたはこう言う。 There is no "a" or "an". a」も「an」もない。 It's the same with the word "clothes". 服」という言葉も同じだ。 "Clothes" never changes; it always stays the same. 「服」は決して変わらない。 I cannot say: "I have a clothes." 私は "服を持っている "とは言えない。 I cannot say: "I have four clothes." 私は服を4着持っています」とは言えない。 Okay?

In English, we can't do this, and this is because these are categories. 英語ではこのようなことはできない。 It's the same with "money". お金」も同じだ。 And a lot of students get really frustrated with this, because in their language, you なぜなら、彼らの言語では、あなたは次のように言うからだ。

can count these things. を数えることができる。

So, I understand that and I understand, you know, languages are very different, but in だから、そのことは理解しているし、言語がまったく違うことも理解している。

English you cannot count these things in the same way.

They're considered categories. それらはカテゴリーとして考えられている。 So, in English, I cannot say: "I have five money." だから、英語では "I have five money. "とは言えない。 And I also don't add an "s" to "money". それに "money "に "s "はつけない。 It always stays the same. いつも変わらない。

I can say: "I have a lot of money" or "I have no money", but I can't actually put a number お金がたくさんある」「お金がない」と言うことはできても、実際に数字を出すことはできない。 in front of money. お金の前で。

So, what can you do is... では、どうすればいいかというと...。

We're looking at categories, there, but within each category there are things you can count. 我々はカテゴリーを見ているが、各カテゴリーの中に数えられるものがある。 So, for example: "furniture" is uncountable, but tables, chairs, desks, refrigerators, 例えば、「家具」は数えられないが、テーブル、椅子、机、冷蔵庫は数えられる、 ovens - these are all things we can count. オーブン......これらはすべて数えられるものだ。

So, "furniture" does not have an "s", but these other words do within the category. つまり、"furniture "には "s "が付いていないが、他の単語には "s "が付いている。 "Clothes", again, we never change it; it always is the same, but types of clothes we can have 「洋服」、これも私たちは決して変えない。 as countable.

So, we can have five dresses, you know, 10 socks. だから、ドレスが5着、靴下が10足あってもいい。

So, you can count a lot of clothes. だから、たくさんの服を数えることができる。

With "money", we don't... お金」では... Like I said, we don't add an "s", but we can count coins. さっきも言ったように、"s "は付けないけど、コインは数えられる。 Okay?

So we can count coins. だからコインを数えることができる。

"I have five coins. 「コインを5枚持っている。 I have seven bills." お札が7枚あります」。 So, within the category, you can count, but the category itself we cannot put an "s" on つまり、カテゴリー内では数えることができるが、カテゴリー自体に "s "を付けることはできない。 that because it is an uncountable noun. thatは不可算名詞だからだ。

A lot of the times different types of food and different types of drinks are also uncountable. 食べ物の種類や飲み物の種類も数え切れないほどある。

So, for example: "milk". 例えば、「ミルク」。 We do not count milk. 牛乳は数えない。

In English, we can't say: "I have one milk. 英語では、「私は牛乳を1本持っています」とは言えない。 I have six milk." ミルクが6本あるんだ」。 What we can do is we can add a container to this word or we can add an amount, so that's |||||||||コンテナ||||||||||| この単語にコンテナを追加することもできるし、金額を追加することもできる。 okay.

So, what we can say is: "I have a glass of milk." だから、私たちが言えるのは、"私はミルクを一杯飲んでいる "ということだ。 Okay?

Or: "I have five glasses of milk. ", "I have two cups of milk." "ミルクを2杯"。 So, "milk" itself never changes, but the quantity or the amount can. つまり、"ミルク "そのものは変化しないが、量や量は変化する。 It's the same with, for example, "juice". 例えば「ジュース」でも同じだ。 "I have eight cups of juice", but "juice" itself... 「ジュースが8杯ある」と言っても、「ジュース」そのものは......。 The word "juice", we can never say "juices". ジュース」という言葉は、決して「ジュース」とは言えない。 Okay?

So that...

It doesn't change because it's an uncountable noun. 数えられない名詞だから変わらない。 And we'll look at more examples of this in full sentences in a moment. このような例文をもう少し詳しく見てみよう。 "Mustard" or "ketchup", these are more examples. 「マスタード」、「ケチャップ」。 We do not say: "I have 10 or 20 mustards." マスタードを10個も20個も持っている」とは言わない。 No.

We can't count this, so we always keep it the same; or we can add a container or a quantity. これは数えることができないので、いつも同じにしておく。 "I have five bottles of mustard." 「マスタードを5本持っている。 Okay?

So... だから...

And it's the same with these words, too. この言葉も同じだ。 "I have 10 pieces of furniture." "私は10個の家具を持っている" So, we can put a quantity in front, but the actual word itself is an uncountable noun. つまり、量を前に置くことはできるが、実際の単語自体は不可算名詞なのだ。

So, let's look at more examples of this. では、その例をもっと見てみよう。 Okay, so we're going to do a little bit of practice; but before we begin, I want to again さて、それでは少し練習をすることにしよう。 say that there are many, many exceptions to what I am saying, meaning usually this is... 私が言っていることには多くの例外がある。

What I'm telling you is the truth or what I'm telling you is accurate, but every so 私が話していることは真実だし、私が話していることは正確だ。 often there are some words that are not going to follow these rules. このルールに従わない言葉もある。

Okay?

So, when you come across these words, just remember: Don't get frustrated; English is だから、このような言葉に出くわしたら、ただ覚えておいてほしい。 not a perfect language and not everything follows the rules, but we're trying our best. 完璧な言語ではないし、すべてがルールに則っているわけではないが、私たちはベストを尽くしている。 So, let's look at some of these nouns and I want you to tell me: Are they countable では、これらの名詞をいくつか見てみよう。 or uncountable? それとも数えられない?

The first one is "English". 最初は「英語」だ。 English is a thing, it's a language, it's a noun. 英語はモノであり、言語であり、名詞だ。 Can we count English? 英語は数えられるか?

Okay?

Would we say: "I have a English"? 私は英語を持っている」と言うだろうか? Can I say: "Englishes"? "Englishes "と言ってもいい? No.

So, "English" is uncountable. だから「英語」は数えられない。 Okay?

It never changes; it always stays the same. それは決して変わらない。

You can say: "I like English." 私は英語が好きだ。 There is no "a" in front of "English". English」の前に「a」はない。 What about "student"? Can you count student? 学生を数えられるか?

Teachers do this all the time; they count the number of students in their class. クラスの生徒の数を数えるのだ。

"There are 10 students in my class", so "students" is countable. 「私のクラスには10人の生徒がいます」だから、「生徒」は数えられる。 So, if I want to count students...

Maybe there are five students, so I could put a five here. たぶん5人の生徒がいるから、ここに5と書くことができる。

And if there's more than one, what do I have to do with a countable noun? もし複数あるのなら、可算名詞をどうすればいいんだ? We add an "s": "students". 学生」という "s "を加える。 What about this word: "bottle"? ボトル」という言葉はどうだろう? Okay?

Like, a bottle of water. 水のボトルとかね。

Can you count bottles? ボトルを数えられる?

Yes, you can.

So, we consider "bottles" countable. そこで、「ボトル」は可算とする。 "I have one bottle. 「ボトル1本ある。 ", "I have five bottles." Okay?

So, in this case, imagine I have one, I can say: "I have a bottle." だから、この場合、ボトルを持っていると想像して、こう言うことができる。 It's a countable noun. 可算名詞だ。 "Water". Can we count water? 水は数えられるか?

"Water" is considered uncountable. 「水」は数えられない。 Okay?

Now, you might be yelling at your computer, saying: "But I can count water! ||||叫んでいる||||||||| しかし、私は水を数えることができる! I can!" And you might have water, here, and say: "Look, this is a water." そして、ここに水があって、"ほら、これは水だよ "と言うかもしれない。 But this is actually not a water; this is a bottle of water. しかし、実はこれは水ではなく、水のボトルなのだ。

"Water" itself we don't count. We count water in bottles, or in litres, or in jugs. 私たちは水をボトルやリットル、水差しで数える。

So, "water" itself is uncountable. つまり、「水」そのものは数えられない。 We do not add an "s". sは付けない。 Okay.

It is uncountable. 数えられない。

But "bottle" or "a bottle of water" is something we can count. しかし、"ボトル "や "水のボトル "は数えることができる。 "Cellphone". 「携帯電話 Can we count cellphones?

Cellphones are countable; they are a countable noun.

So, if we have more than one cellphone... だから、もし複数の携帯電話を持っていたら...。

If we have two cellphones, we're very lucky - we can add an "s". 携帯電話が2台あれば、"s "をつけることができる。 What about "shoe"? 靴」はどうですか? "Shoe", we can actually say "shoes". "Shoe"、私たちは実際に "Shoes "と言うことができる。 Shoes are countable. 靴は数えられる。

"I have shoes." "靴がある" Okay?

I have... 私は...

"I have one shoe. 「靴は片方だけ。 Here are two shoes, three shoes, four shoes", so we can count shoes. ここに靴が2つ、3つ、4つある。 We often talk about "a pair of shoes", but we can also count shoes individually. よく "一足の靴 "という言い方をするが、靴を一足ずつ数えることもできる。 What about "sadness"? 悲しみ」はどうだろう? Can you count sadness? 悲しみを数えられますか?

Can you say: "Oh, that man, he's really sad - look, he has 100 sadnesses"? No.

We cannot count sadness; it's a feeling. It's something we can't really count. それは本当に数えることができないものだ。 This is uncountable, so we do not add "a". これは数えられないので、"a "は付けない。 Okay.

I can say: "I have sadness"; there's no "a" in front of it. Last one we're going to look at here: "coffee". 最後に紹介するのは「コーヒー」だ。 So, coffee...

Remember food...

Or food and drinks are often uncountable. あるいは、食べ物や飲み物は数えられないことが多い。

We can talk about a cup of coffee, but we're counting the cup. 一杯のコーヒーについて話すことはできるが、我々はカップを数えている。 Coffee itself we consider uncountable. コーヒー自体は数えられない。

So, usually we don't say "coffees". Okay, but again, there's always exceptions and sometimes people use... でも、常に例外はあるし、時には...。 You know, they might go to a restaurant and actually...

They might say: "I'll have a coffee", so you might actually hear that. 彼らは「私はコーヒーを飲みます」と言うかもしれないので、あなたは実際にそれを聞くかもしれません. It's going against the grammar rule, but people are starting to say things like that. 文法のルールに反するけど、みんなそういうことを言い始めている。 I don't want to confuse you more, but in terms of the grammar rule, "coffee" is uncountable. これ以上混乱させたくないが、文法規則から言えば、"coffee "は数えられない。 Okay?

So now let's look at a couple other words we use which are important when we're learning では次に、私たちが学習中に使う重要な単語をいくつか見てみよう。 about countable and uncountable. 可算と不可算について。

Okay, so we've talked about countable and uncountable nouns. さて、ここまで可算名詞と不可算名詞について話してきた。 Now, there are some words we use with only countable nouns and other words we use only さて、数えられる名詞だけで使う単語もあれば、数えられない名詞だけで使う単語もある。

with uncountable nouns. 数えられない名詞で。

So, right now we're going to learn about "many" and "much". だから、今は "many "と "much "について学ぶんだ。 So, let's start with "many" because it's a little easier. では、少し簡単なので "many "から始めよう。 "Many" is used with countable nouns, and it means a lot. "many "は可算名詞で使われ、たくさんのことを意味する。 So, for example: "I have a lot of friends. I have many friends." So, it's when we're not giving a specific number. つまり、具体的な数字を出さない場合だ。 "I have five friends" I can say, but I can also say: "I have many friends." Maybe I have 10 dogs. たぶん10匹くらい飼っている。

That's not true, but imagine that. そんなことはないが、想像してみてほしい。 That's a lot of dogs, so I can say: "I have many dogs." We use "many" for countable nouns. 可算名詞には「many」を使う。 A way to remember is, like I said before, you use "an" or "a" with countable nouns, 覚え方としては、前にも言ったように、可算名詞には "an "か "a "を使う、 and "many" has "an" in it. そして "many "には "an "が入っている。 That's a little memory trick. ちょっとした記憶術です。 Okay?

So if you want to remember: "many" - oh, "an", "an"; we use "an" for countable nouns - we つまり、"many" - ああ、"an"、"an"; 可算名詞には "an "を使う - と覚えておけばいい。 use "many" for countable nouns. 可算名詞には "many "を使う。 "Much" is used for uncountable nouns. "much "は不可算名詞に使われる。 So, "much" means the same thing. だから、"much "も同じ意味だ。 Okay?

It means a lot, and we use "much" for uncountable. "much "は "たくさん "を意味し、数えられないものには "much "を使う。 So, for example: "money". 例えば、「お金」。 I told you before money is uncountable, so we could say: "I don't have much money. お金は数えられないと言っただろう。 I don't have much furniture. 家具はあまり持っていない。 I don't have much coffee." コーヒーはあまり飲まないんだ」。 Okay?

So, "much" is used with uncountable nouns. Now, a lot of students get really stressed about this, and they say: "'Much', 'many', 多くの学生がこのことにストレスを感じている、 Agora, muitos estudantes ficam muito stressados com isto e dizem: "'Much', 'many', 'count', 'uncountable' - ugh, this is terrible. I don't remember any of it." 何も覚えていない」。 Here is the trick. これがそのコツだ。

This is good to learn, but if you don't know and you're really stressed, you can use "a これは覚えておいて損はないが、もし知らなくて本当にストレスを感じているなら、"a "を使ってもいい。 lot" for both countable and uncountable nouns. Okay?

So: "I don't have a lot of money. I don't have a lot of friends. ", "I have a lot of friends. 「多くの友人がいる。 I have a lot of money." 私は大金を持っている。 Okay?

So, if you don't know, use this. だから、わからなければこれを使ってくれ。 So, we've learned a lot today about countable and uncountable nouns, and this is something 今日は可算名詞と不可算名詞についてたくさん学びました。 that requires a lot of practice. それには多くの練習が必要だ。

Okay?

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