What are intensifiers and qualifiers?
Intensifiers and qualifiers are words that can be used with adverbs or adjectives to add extra meaning to what is being described. For example:
- you drive too fast
- he is completely engrossed
In French the most commonly used words or expressions to do this are listed below:
| French | English |
| beaucoup | much/a lot |
| assez | quite/enough |
| trop | too |
| extrêmement | extremely |
| très | very |
| de moins en moins | less and less |
| de plus en plus | more and more |
| tellement | so much |
| presque | almost |
| French | beaucoup |
|---|---|
| English | much/a lot |
| French | assez |
|---|---|
| English | quite/enough |
| French | trop |
|---|---|
| English | too |
| French | extrêmement |
|---|---|
| English | extremely |
| French | très |
|---|---|
| English | very |
| French | de moins en moins |
|---|---|
| English | less and less |
| French | de plus en plus |
|---|---|
| English | more and more |
| French | tellement |
|---|---|
| English | so much |
| French | presque |
|---|---|
| English | almost |
