popcorn

👁 clitia

clitia

Senior Member

madrid, spain

Spanish

Hello everybody!

In Spanish popcorn is a countable noun so I can say...Give me a "palomita" (or two or three) please. I mean just one.
I know in English this is an uncountable noun...then..How do you ask for just one popcorn?

Thanks in advance.

👁 ewie

ewie

Senior Member

Manchester

English English

Hello Clitia. I'd ask for a piece of popcorn👁 Smile :)

👁 clitia

clitia

Senior Member

madrid, spain

Spanish

👁 Big Grin :D

Hi ewie!!!
Ages!!!!
Thank you so much.

👁 GreenWhiteBlue

GreenWhiteBlue

Banned

The City of New York

USA - English

Notice that this is a common way to describe individual quantities of uncountable things:

There were six pieces of coal in the scuttle.
The king gave the messenger ten pieces of gold and twenty pieces of silver.
A large piece of marble fell from the facade during the earthquake.

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