Countables
Les noms dénombrables
(countables) :
On peut mettre une chiffre devant, on peut les compter.
🍳one egg, 🍳🍳two eggs,🍳🍳🍳 three eggs…
🍅one tomato ,🍅🍅 two tomatoes, 🍅🍅🍅 three tomatoes
Ils peuvent se mettre au singulier ou au pluriel :
au singulier avec l’article a/an (= un, une) :
a + son consonne an + son voyelle
an egg 🍳, an avocado 🥑, an orange 🍊
BUT a tomato
There is a bottle 🍾 on the table.
There is an apple🍏 on the table.
au pluriel Ø (article zéro):
Ø eggs 🍳🍳🍳🍳, Ø tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅🍅
Examples
- 🍔 a burger – 🍔🍔🍔🍔 Ø burgers
- 🥜 a cookie – 🥜🥜🥜🥜 Ø cookies
- 🍬 a sweet (GB)/ a candy (US) – 🍬🍬🍬 sweets / candies
- 🥪 a sandwich – 🥪🥪🥪🥪 Ø sandwiches
- 🍳 an egg – 🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳 Ø eggs
- 🍟French fries US / chips GB (plural)
- 🍆 🍄🍄🍄🥔 VEGETABLES
- 🥔 a potato – 🥔🥔🥔 🥔 Ø potatoes
- 🥒 a cucumber – 🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒Ø cucumbers
- 🍄 a mushroom – 🍄🍄🍄🍄 Ø mushrooms
- 🧅 an onion – 🧅🧅🧅Ø onions
- 🥕 a carrot – 🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕 Ø carrots
- 🍑🍑🍐🍇 FRUITS
- 🍐 a pear – 🍐🍐🍐🍐Ø pears
- 🍊 an orange – 🍊🍊🍊🍊Ø oranges
- 🍑 a peach – 🍑🍑🍑🍑 Ø peaches
- 🍒 a cherry – 🍒🍒🍒🍒 Ø cherries
- 🍋 a lemon – 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋Ø lemons
- 🍓 a strawberry – 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓Ø strawberries
- 🍎 an apple – 🍎🍎🍎🍎 Ø apples
- 🥝 a kiwi – 🥝🥝🥝🥝v Ø kiwis
- 🫐a blueberry – 🫐🫐🫐🫐Ø blueberries
- 🍍 a pineapple – 🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍Ø pineapples
- 🍌 a banana – 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 Ø bananas
- 🥑 an avocado – 🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑 Ø avocados or Ø avocadoes
- 🍇 a grape – 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇 Ø grapes
- 🫒 an olive – 🫒🫒🫒 Ø olives