Tense degan atama bilan ifodalanadi. Macmillian English Dictionary for Advanced Learners lug'atida zamon, ya'ni tense

a little/little soʻzlari gapda ravish boʻlib ham
kelishlari mumkin.
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I was a little annoyed. (Men biroz
achchiqlangan edim.)
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She knows little about it. (U bu haqda kam
biladi.)
very few/ very little va so few/so little- juda oz, juda kam iboralari ham salbiy ma'noda qoʻllaniladi.
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We couldn't do all the work. We had very little time.
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She had very few customers, so she had to close the shop.
Agar a few, a little soʻzlari oldidan only soʻzi qatnashsa, ularning ma'nolarini yana salbiy qiladi.
only a few = few only a little= little
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London only gets a little snow in winter. (Qishda Londonda kam qor yog'adi.)
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Only a few students were able to pass the exam. (=few students)
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She didn't say much, only a few words. (=few words)
few/little soʻzlarini qoʻllashdan oldin otlarning sanaladigan va sanalmaydiganligi va gapda qaysi ma'no
(salbiy yoki ijobiy )da kelayotganini aniqlash lozim.
Eslatma: time soʻzi ingliz tilida 3 xil ma’noda qoʻllaniladi.
1. vaqt (sanalmaydigan ot) – bu vaziyatda bu soʻz oldidan faqat much/little/a little/a lot of soʻzlari
qoʻllaniladi.
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We couldn't do all the work. We had very little time.
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2. davr, payt (sanaladigan ot) – bu ma’noda to have a good time birikmasida ishlatiladi.
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Did you have a good time in Spain?
3. marotaba, marta (sanaladigan ot) – bu ma’noda ish-harakatning qancha marta sodir boʻlishini bildiradi
va many/few/a few/ a lot of soʻzlari bilan qoʻllaniladi.
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It was her job to make tea a few times a day.
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Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.