Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
Ý nghĩa
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
Cách nhận biết
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
Ví dụ
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?
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Trong ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ của Bạn
Degree is expressed with rất, quá, hơi, khá, cực kỳ, nhất and also by reduplication or particles.
Cà phê này rất nóng.
coffee this very hot
Trong ngôn ngữ Bạn đang học
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
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.