Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
Significato
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
Come riconoscerlo
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
Esempi
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?
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Degree words such as molto, troppo, abbastanza modify adjectives and adverbs.
La zuppa è troppo calda.
The soup is too hot.
Nella tua lingua di studio
In inglese parole come very, too, quite, almost ed enough indicano il grado e si mettono prima o dopo l’elemento che modificano.
It is very cold.
very = grado/intensità
Chi studia spesso mette nel posto sbagliato enough, too, almost o very.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.