Syntaxdifficulty 2
adverbs-of-degree
Sentencemuy / tan / tanto / mucho / poco / demasiado / bastante — modify adjectives, adverbs, or verbs to express degree. Some agree (mucho/mucha/muchos), others don't (muy is invariable).
Examples
Es muy alto.
→ He is very tall.
muy is invariable, modifies adjective.
Tengo mucha hambre.
→ I'm very hungry.
mucho agrees in gender/number with the noun.
Es tan rápido como tú.
→ He is as fast as you.
tan … como is the equality comparative.
Words in this rule
| Word | English |
|---|---|
| también | also |
| mucho | much |
| muy | very |
| poco | little |
| bastante | quite |
| demasiado | overly |
| tan | so, as |
| tanto | so much |
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