5.5 Enough, too

Comparem l'ús i posició d'enough (prou) i too (massa) amb adjectius, adverbis i noms:

Adjectives

Adverbs

Countable nouns

Uncountable nouns

big enough

(prou gran)

clever enough

(prou intel.ligent)

quickly enough

(prou ràpid)

well enough

(prou bé)

enough books

(prou llibres)

enough paper

(prou paper)

too big

(massa gran)

too clever

(massa intel.ligent)

too quickly

(massa ràpid)

too many books

(massa llibres)

too much paper

(massa paper)

Observeu que enough va darrere els adjectius i adverbis, però normalment davant dels noms:

Are you warm enough?
(Tens 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 nom; per tant no es pot dir, per exemple:

Too many books and too much paper.
(Masses llibres i massa paper)
Error: ~~too books, too paper~~