sleepyponi

[umbral bone]

Please be patient

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[crystal rivet]

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/peu

[hoary gazelle]

Goodness, that's alot

And very confusing

[crystal rivet]

not really, it's all very closely related ideas

un peu -> a bit
peu -> few

in summary

[frail ice]

Un peu de voitures = a few cars
Peu de voitures = few cars

The latter says that it's not a lot

[hoary gazelle]

One is negative and one is positive?

[frail ice]

Yeah exactly

[hoary gazelle]

Ohhh got it, thank you!

[crystal rivet]

No, it's an expression of quantity, neither is inherently positive or negative

[frail ice]

Altho with more context you could use un peu to say it's not a lot too

Like seulement un peu

[hoary gazelle]

Ohhh