INTENSIFIERS
Intensifiers are words that make adjectives and adverbs stronger. Let me give an example. Imagine a person uses the adjective cool to describe a car, as in: That car is cool that same person migth strengthen or enforce the meaning of cool by using an intensifiers, as in: that car is so cool.
More examples:
| INTENSIFIER | DEFINITION | EXAMPLE |
| Too | �Used to exapjasise than there is a lot of something is negative form. �Placed in front of Adjectives/adverbs | -It is tou cold today(esta demasiado frio hoy) -They are too wise(son demasiado sabios) -That�s too dangerous(esto es demasiado peligroso) |
| Quite | �It�s used to intensify a positive idea �You can modify verbs to specify opinions or preferences �Used with bit, a frew y a lot participies to express a larger quantity | -This new app is quite good(esta aplicacion es bastante buena) -I quite like her new designs(me gusta bastante sus nuevos dise�os) -He�s going through quite a difficult situation(esta pasando por una situacion bastante dificil) |
| Very | �Indicates a greater intensity of the adjective o r the adverb to wich it accompanies �Is used when the meaning of the sentence is positive or neutral | -I�m a very busy person(soy una persona muy ocupada) -It�s a very boring movie(es una pelicula muy aburrida) -She�s a very influent woman(ella es una mujer muy influente) |
| Pretty | �It is used in informal contexts. It is not used in negative phrases. �When modifying a noun preceded by an adjective, the article is placed before pretty | -It�s been a pretty hectic week(ha sido una semana bastante motivida) -I�m pretty certain(estoy bastante vansado) -That�s a pretty difficult task for something so fragile(es una tarea bastante dificl para algo tan fragil) |
| So | �The particle "so" is used when the previous stantenient is an affirmative sentente �We use "so" with adjectives or adverbs to show extreme feeling or effects �The adjective or adverb goes directly after "so" in the sentence" | -The dog was so happy that it started tp jump (el perro estaba demasiado feliz que comenzo a saltar) -The day was so wet that I couldn�t go to work (el dia que estaba demasiado humedo no podia ir a trabajar) -She was o heavy that she broke a metal chair (estaba tan pesada que rompio una silla de metal) |
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