Re: question about the degrees of the adjective

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:22:47 -0300 FFlores <fflores@...> writes:
>Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...> wrote:
>>         I think you're right there. This idea of an "inplied
>standard",=
> I call
>> it "context" and often resort to it (like in Notya).
>Spanish does it too. It's quite rare to hear _demasiado_ 'too (much)'
>(probably because it's a long ugly word). Usually you use _muy_
>'very',
>and that conveys the meaning fine.
>
>        _=BFTe queda bien?_     ('Does it fit you?')
>        _No, es muy chico._ ('No, it's very=3Dtoo small.')
>
>
>--Pablo Flores

Really?  I *like* the Spanish word _demasiado_ (and _desafortunadamente_,
but that's a different story) because it's so long and drawn out.  The
length gives me an impression of being slightly stronger than the simple
English "too".
In my freshie-year Spanish textbook there was a page with four pictures
of cats, labeled something like:
un poco gordo
gordo
bastante gordo
demasiado gordo


-Stephen (Steg)
 "hhalomot zeh b'emet"

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