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Little -a little
Message from samol posted on 17-03-2009 at 10:15:42
Hello,
I need your help here please:
"Let me give you (A LITTLE) advice. Take up a sport like tennis if you want to meet people."
Can I put LITTLE instead of A LITTLE?
Thank you.
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Edited by lucile83 on 17-03-2009 11:18
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Edited by lucile83 on 20-03-2009 06:14
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Edited by lucile83 on 04-04-2009 09:31
Message from samol posted on 17-03-2009 at 10:15:42
Hello,
I need your help here please:
"Let me give you (A LITTLE) advice. Take up a sport like tennis if you want to meet people."
Can I put LITTLE instead of A LITTLE?
Thank you.
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Edited by lucile83 on 17-03-2009 11:18
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Edited by lucile83 on 20-03-2009 06:14
English Only forum ! please speak English only.
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Edited by lucile83 on 04-04-2009 09:31
Re: Little -a little by lucile83, posted on 17-03-2009 at 11:22:42
Hello,
You can't give a little or little advice; you give some advice or a piece of advice instead.
Best wishes.
Re: Little -a little by TravisKidd, posted on 17-03-2009 at 17:00:19
You most certainly can give a little advice, just as you can have a little milk in your coffee.
You can also give little advice, just as you can have little milk in your coffee.
a little = un peu (de)
little = peu (de), pas assez (de)
Re: Little -a little by jamsbond, posted on 18-03-2009 at 09:32:36
so,which is the exact answer?
Re: Little -a little by lucile83, posted on 18-03-2009 at 09:49:42
Hello,
Well, as I would never say :
Can you give me a little advice?
but I would certainly say:
Can you give me a piece of advice?
Can you give me some advice?
I think you have to make your choice
Best wishes.
Re: Little -a little by jamsbond, posted on 18-03-2009 at 10:40:37
I see."advice" is a uncountable noun.
Re: Little -a little by ariette, posted on 19-03-2009 at 07:58:34
and let's sing together : A Little Piece of Advice from Beautiful South
Re: Little -a little by TravisKidd, posted on 19-03-2009 at 22:13:41
Yes, "advice" is an uncountable noun. Maybe you can translate it into French with the word "conseillage". (If this word even exists.
)Je te donne un peu de conseillage: jouez au tennis si tu veux rencontre de gens.
Re: Little -a little by dolfin56, posted on 19-03-2009 at 22:28:19
Hi, trevis, on dit "conseil", pas un conseillage...!
je vais te donner un conseil.
je vous conseille plutôt de prendre ce modèle-ci.
suis mon conseil, arrête de boire.
il existe le mot "conseil" et le verbe "conseiller"; il y a aussi les "conseilleurs" qui donnent des conseils: "les conseilleurs ne sont pas les payeurs".
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Edited by lucile83 le 20-03-2009 06:15
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Re: Little -a little by TravisKidd, posted on 19-03-2009 at 23:11:40
Oui je sais ça -- un conseil = a piece of advice.
Je tente juste de vous faire imaginer le modèle anglais ... en français. Afin de cela, j'ai inventé le mot "conseillage" pour traduire le nom indénombrable "advice".
Un peu de lait, un peu d'eau, un peu de confort, un peu de plaisir, un peu de conseillage.
(En tout cas on dirait "du conseillage" et non pas "un" conseillage, non plus que "an" advice.
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Edited by lucile83 le 20-03-2009 06:15
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Edited by TravisKidd le 20-03-2009 08:11
Déso... er, lo sien... er, um, entsch... er, I mean, sorry. -------------------
Edited by lucile83 le 20-03-2009 12:05
Re: Little -a little by robertbrou, posted on 20-03-2009 at 11:56:06
Greetings,
lucile83 is right in her statement that you give some advice or a piece of advice.
However, You can give a little bit of advice. In US English, we just shorten it to 'giving a little advice'.
Hope this helps
robertbrou
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Edited by lucile83 le 20-03-2009 12:09
Thanks !
Re: Little -a little by TravisKidd, posted on 20-03-2009 at 15:49:03
Of course you can give "some" advice or "a piece of" advice. I never questioned that.
But you can also give "a little" advice, "a bit of" advice, or "a little bit of" advice.
You can even give "little" advice to someone who would not appreciate it!
Re: Little -a little by smilechen, posted on 23-03-2009 at 11:49:17
nice day!!Luckly...I know some good advice today.
Re: Little -a little by gorti, posted on 31-03-2009 at 11:33:52
i think some advice is more reliable than a little advice
Re: Little -a little by intrepid34, posted on 31-03-2009 at 22:33:20
Hi there!
And let me give you a little bit of advice : The less said - the better!
You are all correct - it just depends on how you hold your mouth!!
Warmest
Intrepid
Re: Little -a little by ocean2sun, posted on 04-04-2009 at 09:24:56
I want to get a little advice ,only a little
