C04
core
Description and quantity
Degree
Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
basic
Degree adverb
Intensifier
Quantifier
المعنى
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
كيفية التعرّف عليه
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
أمثلة
كلمات
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
عبارات
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
جملة
The soup is too hot.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Base property: hot Question: HOW INTENSE? Scale: not hot ─ hot ─ too hot The soup is too hot. too → beyond the OK limit
Compare shape
Same DEGREE frame: very cold stronger barely cold weak/low almost finished near endpoint completely finished full endpoint enough reaches a line Check: before/after/suffix?
منظور اللغة
في اللغة الأم
العربية
درجة الحضور
strong
الأهمية
Degree uses words like جدًا and أكثر, and sometimes special adjective patterns.
هذا مهمٌّ جدًا.
This is very important.
في لغة التعلم
الإنجليزية
درجة الحضور
strong
الصعوبة
English uses degree words such as very, too, quite, almost, and enough before or after the element they modify.
It is very cold.
very = degree/intensity
تحدٍّ شائع في التعلّم
Learners often misplace enough, too, almost, or very.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.