Today we're going to look at the difference between "few" and "a few."

今天我們就來看看 "幾 "和 "幾 "的區別。

Have a look at these two sentences.

看看這兩句話。

Which sentence has a more negative feeling?

哪句話給人的感覺比較消極？

1.I have few friends.

1.我的朋友不多。

2.I have a few friends who live in London.

2.我有幾個朋友住在倫敦。

It was sentence number one, right?

是第一句話吧？

When we use 'few," we're saying that the total number of something is not as many as we would like, that the number is small.

當我們用 "少 "的時候，是說某件事情的總數量沒有我們想的那麼多，數量很少。

Here, I'm telling you that I don't have many friends.

在這裡，我告訴你，我沒有多少朋友。

When we use "a few," we're not talking about the total number, but a category of something.

當我們用 "幾 "的時候，我們說的不是總數，而是一類東西。

It has a similar meaning to "some."

它與 "一些 "有類似的意思。

Here, I'm telling you that some of my friends live in London.

在這裡，我告訴你，我的一些朋友住在倫敦。

Just remember, we always use this with countable nouns only, so please be careful.

只要記住，我們總是隻用在可數名詞上，所以請注意。

See you next time!

下次見！