C04
core
Description and quantity
Degree
Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
basic
Degree adverb
Intensifier
Quantifier
의미
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
알아보는 방법
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
예시
단어
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
구문
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
문장
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?
언어별 보기
모국어에서는
한국어
드러나는 정도
strong
중요도
Degree is expressed with words such as 아주, 정말, 너무, 조금, 별로.
정말 맛있어요.
Really delicious.
학습 언어에서는
영어
드러나는 정도
strong
난이도
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
자주 하는 실수
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.