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gradable adjectives = qualitative adjectives
| Beaucoup d'adjectifs sont gradables. Les qualités qu'ils décrivent peuvent varier en intensité, en degré : | Certains adjectifs ne sont pas gradables. | ||
| Ils peuvent être modifiés par l'adverbe very et d'autres adverbes de degré : | Les qualités qu'ils décrivent ne peuvent pas varier en intensité, en degré : | ||
| It's very cold = C'est très froid. | extrêmes | absolus | classifiant |
| You're very beautiful. = Tu es très beau. | freezing = glacial | dead = mort | digital = numérique |
| Ils peuvent faire l'objet d'une comparaison | boiling = bouillant | alive = vivant | nuclear = nucléaire |
| Your hand is colder than mine. = Ta main est plus froide que la mienne. | eternal = éternel | right = correct | right = de droite |
| You're more beautiful than me. = Tu es très beau que moi. | wrong = faux | left = de gauche | |
| Ils peuvent être mis au superlatif. | sure | false = faux | atomic |
| Alaska is the coldest state. = Alaska est l'état le plus froid. | certain | still = immobile | chemical |
| My baby is the most beautiful. = Mon bébé est le plus beau. | awful | possible | surgical |
| good, bad, fast, quick, slow, new, old, young, deep, shallow, big, great, small, early, late, tall, happy, sad, high, low, far, close, rich, poor, long, short, true, angry, busy, clever, hot, cold, friendly, important, popular, warm, strong, weak, hard, soft, nice, ... | main | impossible | domestic |
| terrified | equal | British ? | |
| excellent | unequal | amazing | |
| few, little, much, many | infinite | incredible | environmental |
| finite | unique | married | |
| ridiculous | perfect | wooden | |
| immediate | absolute | terrifying | |
| black,
white, correct,
enormous, furious, gigantic, huge, minuscule, mortal,
overjoyed, pregnant, principal, superb, terrible, unknown, whole adequate, inevitable, sufficient, complete, unanimous, unavoidable, entire, minor, major, fatal, final, universal, ideal, preferable, ... |
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| Certains adjectifs peuvent être gradables et non gradables (avec un changement de sens) | |||
| I like my (very) old house. = J'aime ma (très) vieille maison. | I liked my old job. = J'aimais bien mon ancien travail. | ||
| These countries have (very) common problems. = Ces pays ont des problèmes (très) communs/courants. | These countries have a common border. = Ces pays ont une frontière commune. | ||
| Adverbes gradables | adverbes non gradables | ||
| obviously | abroad | ||
| perfectly | |||
| absolutely | |||
| uniquely | immediately | ||
| Adverbes de degrés (grading adverbs = submodifiers = degree adverbs) | Non
grading adverbs (tous ne vont pas avec tous les adjectifs non gradables) |
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| fully, totally, entirely, utterly, thoroughly, dreadfully, completely, quite, ... = entièrement, totalement, tout à fait, ... | utterly | entirely | |
| highly, extremely, absolutely, greatly, badly; tremendously, ... = extrêmement, ... | absolutely | ||
| deeply, hugely, immensely, intensely, = profondément, ... | completely | exclusively, largely, perfectly, practically, primarily | |
| too = trop | totally | ||
| most = très | virtually | ||
| very much, very + adjectif/adverbe, a lot, a great deal, = très | almost, nearly | ||
| much + comparatif / far + comparatif / a lot + comparatif = beaucoup plus | essentially | ||
| so = si, tellement | mainly | ||
| that = si / as = aussi | slightly | ||
| almost, nearly = presque | |||
| a bit, rather, fairly, pretty, quite, somewhat, ... = assez, plutôt, ... reasonably, unusually = raisonnablement, inhabituellement | quite | ||
| enough, sufficiently = assez, suffisamment | |||
| a little, slightly, mildly, ... = un peu, légèrement, ... | |||
| little = peu | |||
| hardly, scarcely, barely = à peine | |||
| Adverbes qui peuvent être utilisés avec des adjectifs / adverbes gradables et non gradables | |||
| really : he's really angry. = Il est vraiment en colère. | He is really excellent. = Il est vraiment excellent. | ||
| fairly : she's a fairly strong woman. = C'est une femme plutôt forte. | It's fairly sure. = C'est à peu près sûr. | ||
| Pretty : He is pretty late. = Il est bien en retard. | It's pretty unique. = C'est assez unique. | ||