Norma Natalia Moreno Espinoza
Luis Felipe Silgado Cortázar
Darwin Josué Flores López
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre really, quite y very en inglés? Las tres palabras funcionan como intensificadores, es decir, refuerzan una característica o emoción dentro de una oración, pero no siempre son intercambiables. Si quieres hablar inglés con más matices y evitar errores comunes, entender cómo conectan con adjetivos, adverbios y verbos te va a cambiar la forma en que construyes tus frases.
¿Qué son los intensificadores en inglés y para qué sirven?
Los intensificadores son palabras que añaden énfasis a lo que describes. Cuando dices que algo es bueno, puedes decir que es really good, quite good o very good, y aunque suenan parecido, cada opción transmite una intención distinta [0:20].
¿Qué es un intensificador en inglés? Es una palabra que refuerza un adjetivo, adverbio o verbo para darle más peso emocional o descriptivo a la oración. Really, quite y very son los tres más comunes.
Mira estos tres ejemplos que parecen idénticos pero no lo son:
Las dos primeras son prácticamente equivalentes en intensidad. La tercera, en cambio, sugiere que la comida superó tus expectativas. Ahí está el matiz que muchos estudiantes pasan por alto.
¿Cuándo uso really, quite o very en una oración?
La diferencia más importante no está en el significado, sino en qué palabra viene después del intensificador [1:50]. Esa pequeña regla decide si tu oración suena natural o forzada.
¿Really y quite funcionan con verbos?
Sí, y aquí está la clave. Puedes decir I really like pizza o I quite like pizza sin problema, porque ambos pueden acompañar a un verbo como like. Pero no puedes decir I very like pizza. Esa construcción simplemente no existe en inglés.
Very tiene una limitación: no funciona delante de verbos de acción. Solo lo usas con adjetivos y adverbios.
¿Cuándo los tres son intercambiables?
Cuando el intensificador acompaña a un adjetivo, los tres funcionan igual de bien. Por ejemplo: This car is really fast, This car is quite fast y This car is very fast son oraciones correctas y casi idénticas en significado.
¿Quite es más débil que very? No exactamente. Quite añade un matiz de comparación con tus expectativas, mientras que very y really expresan intensidad pura sin esa carga adicional.
¿Cómo se pronuncian quite, quiet y quit sin confundirlas?
Aquí viene una de las trampas más frecuentes para hispanohablantes. Existen tres palabras que se ven y suenan parecido, pero significan cosas completamente distintas [3:30].
La pronunciación cambia en cada una, y confundirlas puede llevarte a decir que tu hijo renuncia cuando en realidad querías decir que es tranquilo. Practica decirlas en voz alta varias veces hasta que tu oído distinga la diferencia.
¿Cómo practico really, quite y very con ejemplos reales?
La mejor forma de fijar estos intensificadores es usándolos en contextos cercanos a ti. Responde estas preguntas en inglés usando los tres:
Intenta variar entre really, quite y very según la intención que quieras transmitir. Si algo superó tus expectativas, quite es tu mejor opción. Si quieres pura intensidad, ve con really o very.
Comparte tus respuestas en los comentarios y cuéntame qué intensificador usaste en cada caso. Nos vemos en la próxima clase.
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Luis Felipe Silgado Cortázar
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Quite /kwaɪt/ Quiet /ˈkwaɪ.ət/ Quit /kwɪt/
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Good morning Elias, i want to give you some feedback despite my little experience in English. In the phrase "There are was very nice to be with friends and family" i think is wrong, the correct form to say it would be: There was very nice to be with friends and family". I hope that what i said is correct, if not please respond me.
-Do you enjoy eating out with friends? Yes, I really enjoy eating out with my friends on the nights. -What´s the best movie you have ever watched? The best movie what I have ever watched is Star wars.
I think the correct way is "We had been chilling in Cordoba" because it was in the past
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My homework: Do you enjoy eating out with friends?
What's the best movie you have ever watched?
Describe your favorite vacation.
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My favorite vacation was in NJ. Was really fantastic for me touched the snow, however very cold. I went to Hoboken, that is a quite nice village, but really expensive. I this village I went to Frank Sinatra´s house museum and was really beautiful. Also I went to visit the Carlos´s bakery, the best bakery in NJ and I ate his cakes and they were very delicious
My favorite vacation was in NJ. Was really fantastic for me touched the snow, however very cold. I went to Hoboken, that is a quite nice village, but really expensive. I this village I went to Frank Sinatra´s house museum and was really beautiful. Also I went to visit the Carlos´s bakery, the best bakery in NJ and I ate his cakes and they were very delicious.
1.-Yeah, I really enjoy eating out with my friends 2.-No way home it's the best movie I've ever watched, it's very awesome 3.-My favorite vacation was when I visited Houston,
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It is quite difficult to study German. I quite enjoy being with my family.
My answers:
I really enjoy eating out with my friends. The best movie I have ever watched is "click" My favorite vacation was in the "Pital", because of my boyfriend. This place is really cold and there are many trees. But the most important was because my boyfriend was with me.
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I quite enjoy eating out with mu friends the best movie I have ever wtached is seven souls. it's a very good movie my favorite vacation was in a village called "San Rafael". I really enjoy swimming in the river and to be in the nature.
Do you enjoy eating with your friends? Yes, I really enjoy eating with them.
What's he best movie you have ever watched? Inside out is really the best movie .
Describe your favorite vacation. I really enjoy my vacation in Puerto Vallarta. My vacation in Chihuahua was quiet funny
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Do you enjoy eating out with friends?
Honestly, I quite like going out to eat burgers and fries with my friends.
What´s the best movie you have ever watched?
I really like "Intelestelar."
Describe your favorite vacation.
My best vacation was when I spent time with most of my family on the beach in San Andrés. We shared many experiences there.
I decided to make two versions of each one
Yes. I really enjoy eating out with my friends. I love eat pizza and burgers. They are my favorites.
Yes. I quite enjoy with they. We usually go to Nico Burger in Tabio or La Oveja y el Bobo in zipaquira. I really love to eat a big burger.
That’s a difficult question. I think the best movie is the whole Harry Potter saga. I really enjoyed watching ot .
I quite like Encanto. That movie is very beautiful
My favorite vacation was really nice. I went to Buga, Where there’s a very big cathedral. I went with my parents and my brother. We visited many places, and we traveled by car.
One day I went to Madrid, Cundinamarca with my wife on amotorcycle. The trip was quite exciting. We had to go up and down a mountain .it was a little dangerous. Then we ate a big burger at Maria Jose Parrilla. It was incredible. The burger was really big and I was full.
On our way back we saw a accident between two motorcycles. Thank goodness it wasn’t serious. We returned to home save and happy after a long trip
Hi guys!
Como se pronuncia correctamente ə y (ə) ?¡?
quite = bastate
realy = realmente
very = muy
estoy emocionada con las clases de Platzi . y deverdad le pido a Dios que pronto pueda dominarlo 100x 100 el idioma . la verdad si me gusta muchísimo, está costando pero allí voy hechando le ganas hasta llegar a la meta . que sería full inglés. 😃
Sigue adelante, tú puedes, primero Dios consigues tu meta, ánimo 🙌✨️