Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
Bedeutung
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
So erkennst Du es
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
Beispiele
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
The soup is too hot.
Visual guide
Base property: hot Question: HOW INTENSE? Scale: not hot ─ hot ─ too hot The soup is too hot. too → beyond the OK limit
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?
Sprachansicht
In deiner Muttersprache
Degree is commonly expressed with words such as sehr, zu, ziemlich and ganz.
Es ist sehr kalt.
It is very cold.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Im Englischen stehen Wörter wie very, too, quite, almost und enough vor oder nach dem Wort, das sie verstärken, abschwächen oder begrenzen.
It is very cold.
very = Grad/Intensität
Lernende setzen enough, too, almost oder very oft an die falsche Stelle.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.