• Too (demasiado)
• Enough (suficiente / bastante)
• So (tan)
• Such (tan / tal)
• So/such + that (resultado)
• Conversation

Too (demasiado)

Too [tu:] goes before an adjective or adverb. It means demasiado and always has a negative implication. It means something is excessive.

🔹 Too [tu:] va antes de un adjetivo o adverbio. Significa demasiado y siempre tiene una implicación negativa. Significa que algo es excesivo.

It's too hot. (Hace demasiado calor).

She drives too fast. (Ella conduce demasiado rápido).

This bag is too heavy. (Esta bolsa es demasiado pesada).

We can add to + infinitive to indicate that an action cannot be done due to an excess of something:

🔹 Podemos añadir to + infinitivo para indicar que una acción no se puede hacer debido a un exceso de algo:

It's too cold to go outside. (Hace demasiado frío para salir).

He's too young to drive. (Es demasiado joven para conducir).

Enough (suficiente / bastante)

Enough [ɪ'nʌf] goes after an adjective or adverb, but before a noun.

🔹 Enough [ɪ'nʌf] va después de un adjetivo o adverbio, pero antes de un sustantivo.

She is old enough to drive. (Ella es lo suficientemente mayor para conducir).

He doesn't run fast enough. (Él no corre lo suficientemente rápido).

We have enough time. (Tenemos suficiente tiempo).

There aren't enough chairs. (No hay suficientes sillas).

So (tan)

So [soʊ] goes before an adjective or adverb. It adds emphasis.

🔹 So [soʊ] va antes de un adjetivo o adverbio. Añade énfasis.

She is so smart! (¡Es tan inteligente!)

He speaks so quickly! (¡Habla tan rápido!)

Such (tan / tal)

Such [sʌtʃ] goes before a noun (with or without an adjective). When the noun is singular and countable, we add a/an.

🔹 Such [sʌtʃ] va antes de un sustantivo (con o sin adjetivo). Cuando el sustantivo es singular y contable, añadimos a/an.

It's such a beautiful day! (¡Es un día tan bonito!)

She's such a good teacher! (¡Es una profesora tan buena!)

They are such nice people! (¡Son gente tan amable!)

These are such beautiful flowers! (¡Son flores tan bonitas!)

So/such + that (resultado)

Both so and such can be followed by that to express a result:

🔹 Tanto so como such pueden ir seguidos de that para expresar un resultado:

It was so cold that we stayed home. (Hacía tanto frío que nos quedamos en casa).

It was such a long movie that I fell asleep. (Era una película tan larga que me dormí).

Conversation

Elena: I went shopping yesterday. I found such a nice jacket!

Pablo: Was it expensive?

E: It was on sale, so it wasn't too bad. The original [ə'rɪdʒɪnəl] price was $200, but I got a 50% discount. It was such a good deal that I couldn't say no.

P: That's great. Was the store crowded ['kraʊdɪd] (llena de gente)?

E: So crowded that I had to wait thirty minutes to pay. And they didn't have enough cashiers [kæ'ʃɪrz] (cajeros). The line was so long!

P: I hate shopping when it's too crowded. I'd rather shop online.

E: Me too, but I wanted to try on the jacket first. The last one I bought online was too small. And the one before that wasn't warm enough.

P: Did the jacket fit?

E: Perfectly. It's so comfortable that I wore it home.