C04
core
Description and quantity
Degree
Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
basic
Degree adverb
Intensifier
Quantifier
معنا
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
نمونهها
واژهها
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
عبارتها
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
جمله
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?
نمای زبان
در زبان مادری شما
فارسی
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Degree is mostly lexical with خیلی, کمی, بسیار and similar intensifiers.
خیلی خوشحالم.
very happy-am.
در زبانی که یاد میگیرید
انگلیسی
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
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
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
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.