Episode 56:  A few, some, any - what's the difference?

We teach English for those who are not beginners but also not yet ready to say, "Oh, yes, I'm fully bilingual." 

In Episode 56, Greg and Gabe talk about how when in English you say something affirmatively, or something that it is true, you don't use certain adjectives (such as "any").  Por otro lado, if you say that something is NOT true, you will use a different adjective to describe the same exact situation.

Example:  Do you have any bananas today? ("Any" can be used in a general question).

POSITIVE:  Yes, we have some bananas.  OR  Yes, we have a few bananas.  (Yes, we have any bananas)<--- NO! 😲

NEGATIVE:  No, we don't have any bananas today.   

Here are some examples of "Do you have any..." from the web:  

https://youtu.be/oKtALHe3Y9Q

    at around the 20 second mark

https://youtu.be/GB2kGiThc5w?si=OLzzY2JlWFcsGXDt

     at minute 5:00

https://youtu.be/ZaYgBAnolaw?si=wM4jvKLIKcnlHGQN&t=185

Examples of "we have some..." and "we have a few..."

https://youtu.be/tHbYWJAHYRY?si=KFyVwpLy7rCBM8zo&t=7

https://youtu.be/26kXeQ8wIJc?si=2Tn3BDMUM6ArPwvC&t=524

https://youtu.be/-bV8ULVggVQ?si=C40DaITgKGh7LDX5&t=185

Examples of "we don't have any..."

https://youtu.be/2oVBSFIAWx4?si=xc01Oh93NQXgzsO_&t=5209

https://youtu.be/JGTtGCq9grE?si=tJx28JPdnYPwpuxv&t=620

We also make the distinction in the episode regarding the differences between "few" versus "a few," and "little" versus "a little."  Here are some examples from the web about that:

Few:

https://youtu.be/YiHITQFtTQo?si=HlwGynHF1F78okEH&t=809

https://youtu.be/Eqw0K676F5M?si=TY_5wQ7q3QPRa005&t=85

A few:

https://youtu.be/t1PrU-MBh1s?si=ViB0Oud_6lC7y7j_&t=564

https://youtu.be/o2WyXD7IaN0?si=HWFpadgOKjmIsY90&t=23

Little:

https://youtu.be/5CLg1-ol3E4?si=yeGJgXHL_P7SlNx_&t=226

https://youtu.be/LDeKm-hrnXk?si=kX5uFenhi-VKY5q3&t=421

A little:

https://youtu.be/mfqM7AVCIsE?si=n0MYatgHV2FlqfOA&t=135

https://youtu.be/tFlmhbYWCps?si=_sXJSQZxjosgpNyR&t=1013

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