Degree / Intensity
Degree adverb
Intensifier
Quantifier
How much, how strong, or how intense?
core
basic
Description and quantity
Kahulugan
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
Paano ito matukoy
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
Mga halimbawa
Mga salita
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
Mga parirala
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
Pangungusap
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?
Pagsusuri ayon sa wika
Sa iyong wika
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Kahalagahan
Degree uses words like جدًا and أكثر, and sometimes special adjective patterns.
هذا مهمٌّ جدًا.
This is very important.
Sa wikang pinag-aaralan
Bengali (standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Antas ng hirap
Degree uses words like খুব, বেশি, একটু and particles or reduplication for nuance.
খুব গরম লাগছে।
Very hot feels.
Karaniwang hamon ng mag-aaral
Learners may overuse খুব and miss softer degree words like একটু.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.