10.9 Enough, too



Compareu l'ús d'enough (prou) i too (massa) amb adjectius, adverbis i substantius:



Adjectives

Adverbs

Countable nouns

Uncountable nouns

big enough
clever enough

quickly enough
well enough

enough books

enough paper

too big
too clever

too quickly

too many books

too much paper



Observeu que enough va darrere els adjectius i adverbis, però normalment va davant de substantius.


Are you warm enough?
(prou calor?)

She didn't have enough money for a taxi.
(No tenia prou diners per a un taxi.)

Have we got enough butter to make a cake?
(Tenim prou mantega per a fer un pastís?)

Whisky is too strong for me.
(El whisky és massa fort per a mi.)

There were too many people in the lift.
(Hi havia massa gent a l'ascensor.)

This table is too heavy for me to move.
(Aquesta taula pesa massa per a poder-la moure jo.)


Too sol no pot anar amb un substantiu. Per tant, no es pot dir, per exemple:


Error: too books, too paper



Per a too, vegeu So, too, neither/nor, either.