For example: (a) car - (a) self, (a) flower - (a) flower, (an) apple - (a)block. You can use this formula: ONE / TWO / THREE + NOUNcountables (one / two / three ... + countable noun). You can use them in this way because I can count, you have ONE car, flowersTWO, THREE apples, etc. (A car, two flowers, three apples, etc...).
The countable nouns can be singular (= one, one) or plural (= twoor more, two or more). Let's look at these examples:
SINGULAR: a car, my car, the car, etc. (a car, my car, car, etc.).
PLURAL: cars, two cars, the cars, Some cars, Many Cars, etc.(cars, two cars, the cars, one or a few cars, many cars, etc.).
Trivia GRAMMATICAL NOTES ARE NOW:
You'll notice three lines up to cars and the cars resulted in both cases the orders. Let's see:
a) When you mean "cars"in general, ie all the cars in the worldmust not use the definite article the: CARS Are expensive (carsare expensive.) The same goes for any other noun: Elephants do not fly (the elephants can not fly); Argentinians eat too much meat(Argentineans consume too much meat.)
Uncountable
For example: water - water, rain - rain, rice - rice, money - money,etc.
Can not use the formula ONE / TWO / THREE + Uncounted NOUN(water / rain / rice, etc..). CAN NOT SAY: one water, two rains, etc.
THE SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS ARE NOT ONLY WAY:
money, the money, my money, Some money, much money, etc.
Examples:
I Have Some Money (I have some / a little money);
There isn't much money here (not much money here)
Money is not everything (money is not everything.)
LAST NOTE OF THIS ITEM:
YOU CAN NOT USE THE FORMULA A / AN + Uncounted nouns:
to money (a money) to music (music), etc..
But it can expressed as follows:
a piece of cheese (one slice of cheese);
a piece of music (a piece of music)
a glass of water (a glass of water);
a bar of chocolate (chocolate bar);
a game of tennis (a game of tennis.)
That is always mentioning the smallest unit of the noun (a piece,fragment, glass, bar, party, etc).
Reglas Gramaticales para nombrar cosas Contables e Incontables'
Contable
Por ejemplo: (a) car - (un) auto; (a) flower - (una) flor; (an) apple - (una) manzana. Puedes usar esta fórmula: ONE/TWO/THREE + COUNTABLE NOUN (uno/dos/tres...+ sustantivo contable). Puedes usarlos de este modo porque los PUEDES CONTAR; puedes contar ONE car, TWO flowers, THREE apples, etc. (UN auto, DOS flores, TRES manzanas, etc..).
Los sustantivos contables pueden estar en SINGULAR (= one, uno) o en PLURAL (= two or more, dos o más). Veamos estos ejemplos:
SINGULAR: a car, my car, the car, etc. (un auto, mi auto, el auto, etc.)
PLURAL: cars, two cars, the cars, some cars, many cars, etc. (los autos, dos autos, los autos, unos o algunos autos, muchos autos, etc.).
OBSERVA AHORA ESTAS CURIOSIDADES GRAMATICALES:
Habrás observado tres líneas arriba que cars y the cars se tradujo en ambos casos como los autos. Veamos:
a) Cuando te refieres a "los autos" EN GENERAL, es decir a TODOS los automóviles del mundo NO DEBES USAR el artículo definido the: CARS are expensive (LOS AUTOS son caros). Lo mismo ocurre con cualquier otro sustantivo: ELEPHANTS don't fly (LOS ELEFANTES no vuelan); ARGENTINIANS eat too much meat (LOS ARGENTINOS consumen demasiada carne).
Incontable
Por ejemplo: water - agua; rain - lluvia; rice - arroz; money - dinero, etc.
NO PUEDES USAR la fórmula ONE/TWO/THREE + UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (water/rain/rice, etc.). NO PUEDES DECIR: one water , two rains , etc.
LOS SUSTANTIVOS NO CONTABLES TIENEN UNA UNICA FORMA:
money, the money, my money, some money, much money, etc.
Ejemplos:
I have some money (Tengo algún/algo de dinero);
There isn't much money here (No hay mucho dinero aquí);
Money isn't everything (El dinero no lo es todo).
ULTIMA OBSERVACION DE ESTE PUNTO:
NO PUEDES USAR LA FORMULA A/AN + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:
a money (un dinero); a music (una música); etc.
PERO EN CAMBIO PUEDES EXPRESARLO DEL SIGUIENTE MODO:
a piece of cheese (un trozo de queso);
a piece of music (un fragmento de música);
a glass of water (un vaso de agua);
a bar of chocolate (una barra de chocolate);
a game of tennis (un partido de tennis).
Es decir mencionando siempre la menor unidad del sustantivo (trozo, fragmento, vaso, barra, partido, etc).
