Thursday, January 20, 2022

Count Nouns vs. Non-Count Nouns

 Count Nouns vs. Non-Count Nouns 

Emrat e numërueshëm kundër emrave të panumërueshëm 

 

Count nouns 

Emrat e numërueshëm 

Can be counted as one or more. 

Mund të numërohen si një apo më shumë. 

  • pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower, camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb, etc. 

 

Take an s to form the plural. 

Marrin s për të formuar shumësin. 

  • pens, computers, bottles, spoons, desks, cups, televisions, chairs, shoes, fingers, flowers, cameras, sticks, balloons, books, tables, combs, etc. 

 

Work with expressions such as (a few, few, many, some, every, each, these, and the number of). 

Përdoren me shprehje si (disashumëçdosecili/secilakëta/këto, dhe me numra). 

  • a few pens, a few computers, many bottles, some spoons, every desk, each cup, these televisions, the number of chairs, a few shoes, a few fingers, many flowers, some cameras, every stick, each balloon, these books, the number of tables, many combs, etc. 

 

Work with appropriate articles (a, an, or the). 

Përdoren me nyjet e duhura (a, an apo the). 

  • a pen, the computer, a bottle, the spoon, a desk, the cup, a television, the chair, a shoe, the finger, a flower, the camera, a stick, the balloon, a book, the table, a comb, etc. 

 

Do NOT work with much (for example, you would never say much pens or much computers).  

NUK përdoren me much (për shembullnuk duhet  thoni kurrë much pens apo much computers). 

 

 

Non-count nouns 

Emrat e panumërueshëm 

Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type. 

Nuk mund të numërohenZakonisht shprehin një grup apo një lloj. 

  • water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine, sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc. 

Generally cannot be pluralized. 

Përgjithësisht nuk mund të kthehen në shumës. 

 

Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the sentence. 

Përdoren edhe me nyje edhe pa nyje (a, an apo the), në varësi të kontekstit të fjalisë. 

  • Sugar is sweet. 

  • The sunshine is beautiful. 

  • I drink milk. 

  • He eats rice. 

  • We watch soccer together. 

  • The wood is burning. 

 

Work with expressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much). 

Përdoren me shprehje si (disamjaftkykjo, dhe shumë). 

  • We ate some rice and milk. 

  • I hope to see some sunshine today. 

  • This meat is good. 

  • She does not speak much Spanish. 

  • Do you see any traffic on the road? 

  • That wine is very old. 

 

Do NOT work with expressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or neither). 

NUK përdoren me shprehje si (këta/këtoato/atoçdoseciliedheedhe, as…as). 

 

 

 

Choose all of the non-count nouns in the following list: 

Zgjidhni të gjithë emrat e panumërueshëm në listën që vijon: 

  1. wine,  

  1. student,  

  1. pen,  

  1. water,  

  1. wind,  

  1. milk,  

  1. computer,  

  1. furniture,  

  1. cup,  

  1. rice,  

  1. box,  

  1. watch,  

  1. potato,  

  1. wood 

 

 

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