C04
core
Description and quantity
Degree
Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
basic
Degree adverb
Intensifier
Quantifier
Znaczenie
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
Jak to rozpoznać
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
Przykłady
Słowa
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
Zwroty
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
Zdanie
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?
Widok językowy
W języku ojczystym
Polski
Występowanie
strong
Znaczenie
Degree uses words like bardzo, trochę, zbyt, całkiem.
To jest bardzo dobre.
This is very good.
W języku nauki
Angielski
Występowanie
strong
Trudność
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
Typowa trudność uczących się
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.