Quite, Pretty, Rather, Fairly + Adjective
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Some students of English as a Second Language sometimes struggle with adverbs and adjectives. Here are the four most frequently used adverbs that are usually followed by adjectives.
The words quite, pretty, rather, and fairly function as adverbs when they are placed before an adjective. They express to which extent something is.
Take a look a the following examples:
It’s quite hot today.
It’s pretty hot today.
It’s rather hot today.
It’s fairly hot today.
Quite hot, pretty hot, rather hot, and fairly hot all mean “not very hot, but a little hotter than usual.”
A very important note:
In SPOKEN ENGLISH, Quite can mean Completely IF you put much stress and emphasis in the accent when you pronounce it.
If you want to use QUITE as an adverb which means completely, you can use it with the following adjectives, arranged alphabetically.
quite amazing= completely amazing
quite certain= completely certain
quite clear=completely clear
quite different= completely different
quite extraordinary = completely extraordinary
quite impossible= completely impossible
quite incredible= completely incredible
quite obvious= completely obvious
quite right= completely right
quite safe= completely safe
quite sure= completely sure
quite true= completely true
quite unnecessary= completely unnecessary
quite wrong= completely wrong
Examples:
She looks so
pretty in her Instagram posts but she looks quite different in person.
quite different= completely different
I had a chance
to go to a fine dining restaurant with her. Everything you told me about her being a messy
eater was quite true.
Quite true= completely true
We can use the negative for quite.
Not quite= not completely
Examples:
A: Are you ready for the beauty pageant?
B: Not quite. (Not completely ready)
A: Do you think you can win a medal in the Beijing
Winter Olympics?
B: At this point, I’m not quite sure if I can, but I
have plenty of time to practice. Ask me again after a week.
Not quite sure= not completely sure
Quite, Pretty, Rather, Fairly + Adjective
形容詞の前に置くと、かなり、かなり、むしろ、かなり副詞として機能します。彼らは何かがどの程度であるかを表現します。
次の例を見てください。
It’s quite hot today.
It’s pretty hot today.
It’s rather hot today.
It’s fairly hot today.
かなり暑い、かなり暑い、かなり暑い、そしてかなり暑いということは、すべて「それほど暑くはないが、通常より少し暑い」という意味です。
非常に重要な注意：
SPOKEN ENGLISHでは、発音時にアクセントに多くのストレスや強調を加えると、完全に意味することがあります。
完全に意味する副詞としてQUITEを使用したい場合は、アルファベット順に並べられた次の形容詞で使用できます。
quite amazing= completely amazing
quite certain= completely certain
quite clear=completely clear
quite different= completely different
quite extraordinary = completely extraordinary
quite impossible= completely impossible
quite incredible= completely incredible
quite obvious= completely obvious
quite right= completely right
quite safe= completely safe
quite sure= completely sure
quite true= completely true
quite unnecessary= completely unnecessary
quite wrong= completely wrong
例：
She looks so
pretty in her Instagram posts but she looks quite different in person.
(quite
different= completely different)
I had a chance to go to a fine dining restaurant with her. Everything you told me about her being a messy eater was quite true.
QUITE TRUE =完全に真
We can use the negative for QUITE.
QUITEにはネガを使用できます。
NOT QUITE= not completely
NOT QUITE =完全ではない
Examples:
A: Are you ready for the beauty pageant?
B: Not quite. (Not completely ready)
A: Do you think you can win a medal in the Beijing Winter Olympics?
B: At this point, I’m not quite sure if I can, but I
have plenty of time to practice. Ask me again after a week.
NOT QUITE SURE= not completely sure
わからない=完全にわからない
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