15/11/2022
Adverb in English (Part 7)
Adverb of Degree
Modifying
extremely (adv) + adjective
The water was extremely cold.
quite (adv) + adjective
The movie is quite interesting.
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just (adv) + verb
He was just leaving.
almost (adv) + verb
She has almost finished.
very (adv) + adverb
She is running very fast.
too (adv) + adverb
You are walking too slowly.
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adv + enough
You are running fast enough.
Usage of "enough"
Enough can be used as both an adverb and as a determiner.
'enough' ကို adverb (သို့) determiner အဖြစ် အသုံးပြုနိုင်ပါတယ်။
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Enough as an adverb
Enough ကို adverb အဖြစ် အသုံးခြင်း
Enough as an adverb meaning 'to the necessary degree' goes after the adjective or adverb that it is modifying, and not before it as other adverbs do. It can be used both in positive and negative sentences.
Enough ကို adj or adv စကားလုံးရဲ့ နောက်မှ degree (အတိုင်းအတာပမာဏ) ကို ဖော်ပြရန်လည်း အသုံးပြုပါတယ်။
Examples
Is your coffee hot enough?
This box isn't big enough.
He didn't work hard enough.
I got here early enough.
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Enough is often followed by "to" + the infinitive.
enough + to + infinitive (v1) အဖြစ် ရေးသားပြောဆိုတာလည်း တွေ့ဘူးကြမှာပါ။
Examples
He didn't work hard enough to pass the exam.
Is your coffee hot enough to drink?
She's not old enough to get married.
I got here early enough to sign up.
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Enough can also be followed by "for someone" or "for something".
enough + for + someone / something
Examples
The dress was big enough for me.
She's not experienced enough for this job.
Is the coffee hot enough for you?
He didn't work hard enough for a promotion.
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Enough as a determiner
Enough as a determiner meaning 'as much/many as necessary' goes before the noun it modifies. It is used with countable nouns in the plural and with uncountable nouns.
enough ကို ရေတွက်ရတဲ့နာမ်/ရေ တွက်မရတဲ့ နာမ်တွေရဲ့ရှေ့မှာ အထူးပြုဖို့ determiner အဖြစ် အသုံးပြုနိုင်ပါတယ်။
Examples
We have enough bread.
You have enough children.
They don't have enough food.
I don't have enough apples.
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Usage of "too"
"Too" is always an adverb, but it has two distinct meanings, each with its own usage patterns.
''too'' ကို adv အဖြစ်သုံးနိုင်ပါတယ်။
Too meaning "also"
Too as an adverb meaning "also" goes at the end of the phrase it modifies.
''too'' ကို ''also'' အဓိပ္ပါယ်အဖြစ်လည်း သုံးလို့ရပါတယ်။
Examples
I would like to go swimming too, if you will let me come.
Can I go to the zoo too?
Is this gift for me too?
I'm not going to clean your room too!
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Too meaning "excessively"
''too'' ကို ''အလွန့်အလွန်'' ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် အထူးပြုချင်တဲ့အခါမှာလည်း အသုံးပြုပါတယ်။
Too as an adverb meaning "excessively" goes before the adjective or adverb it modifies. It can be used in both affirmative and negative sentences.
Examples
This coffee is too hot.
He works too hard.
Isn't she too young?
I am not too short!
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Too is often followed by "to" + the infinitive.
too + adj + to + infinitive (v1)
Examples
The coffee was too hot to drink.
You're too young to have grandchildren!
I am not too tired to go out tonight.
Don't you work too hard to have any free time?
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Too can also be followed by "for someone" or "for something".
too + adj + for + someone/something
Examples
The coffee was too hot for me.
The dress was too small for her.
He's not too old for this job.
Sally's not too slow for our team.
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Usage of "very"
Very goes before an adverb or adjective to make it stronger.
''very'' ကို 'adv' or 'adj' အဓိပ္ပါယ်ပိုလေးနက်အောင် အသုံးပြုနိုင်ပါတယ်။
Examples
The girl was very beautiful.
The house is very expensive.
He worked very quickly.
She runs very fast.
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Expressing very strong feelings
Expressing strong feelings
Expressing somewhat doubtful feelings
extremely, terribly, amazingly, wonderfully, insanely especially, particularly, uncommonly, unusually, remarkably, quite pretty, rather, fairly, not especially, not particularly
Examples
The movie was amazingly interesting.
The movie was particularly interesting.
The movie was fairly interesting.
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Examples
She sang wonderfully well.
She sang unusually well.
She sang pretty well.
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Examples
The lecture was terribly boring.
The lecture was quite boring.
The lecture was rather boring.
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Inversion with negative adverbs
Examples
Never
I have never seen such courage.
Never have I seen such courage.
Rarely
She rarely left the house.
Rarely did she leave the house.
Not only
She did not only the cooking but the cleaning as well.
Not only did she do the cooking, but the cleaning as well.
Scarcely
I scarcely closed the door before he started talking.
Scarcely did I close the door before he started talking.
Seldom
We seldom cross the river after sunset.
Seldom do we cross the river sunset.
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