Distributive Determiners - Half
Half an hour, half the cake, half of us. All the ways to say a half.
half = භාගය, බාගයක්. මිනුම් එක්ක half a / half an (half an hour = පැය භාගයක්). නිශ්චිත දෙයක් ගැන half the / half my. us, them එක්ක half of.
half a / half an + a measurement
Measurements
- I'll be back in half an hour.
- Can I have half a kilo of rice?
- I have half a cup of milk left.
And for "one and a half": one and a half hours, two and a half kilos.
half (of) the / my / this + noun
of is optional.
Part of a group
- Half (of) the people have already left.
- Did you use half my sugar?!
- You wasted half your money on that!
half of + us / you / them
half of + pronoun
- Half of us are going.
- You couldn't find half of them?
The verb
The verb follows the noun after half: half the cake is (one cake), half the students are (many students).
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