(La Mary és tan agradable.)
These words correspond to tan in Spanish. So goes with an adjective alone; such goes with a noun or an adjective + noun, e.g.:
| Mary is so pleasant. (La Mary és tan agradable.) |
| Mary is such a pleasant girl. (La Mary és una noia tan agradable.) |
| The girls are so helpful. (Les noies són tan servicials.) |
| They are such helpful girls. (Són unes noies tan servicials.) |
| Jim is so foolish. (El Jim és tan ximple.) |
| Jim is such a fool. (El Jim és tan ximple.) |
The consequence is expressed with a that-clause, e.g.:
| It was so dark (that) we couldn't see anything. (Era tan fosc que no vèiem res.) |
| Jim is such a fool (that) nobody takes him seriously. (El Jim és tan ximple que ningú no el pren seriosament.) |
| The blow was so serious (that) Maureen never fully recovered. (El cop va ser tan greu que la Maureen no es va recuperar mai del tot.) |
| So serious was the blow (that) Maureen never fully recovered. (Tan greu va ser el cop que la Maureen no es va recuperar mai del tot.) |
| It was such a serious blow (that) Maureen never fully recovered. (Va ser un cop tan greu que la Maureen no es va recuperar mai del tot.) |
| Such was the blow (that) Maureen never fully recovered. (Tan greu va ser el cop que la Maureen no es va recuperar mai del tot.) |
More formally this can also be expressed as, e.g.:
| The blow was such (that) Maureen never fully recovered. (El cop va ser tan greu que la Maureen no es va recuperar mai del tot.) |
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