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'''Intensifiers''' are [[Closed Class (definition)|closed class]] [[Adverbs (definition)|adverbs]] that modify adjectives. In English, intensifiers include "really", "slightly", "too" and "very" and possible "not at all", as in ''really big'', ''too big'', ''slightly big'', and ''very big''. 

Intensifiers in Gaelic include ''ro<sup>L</sup>'' (''too'') and ''glè<sup>L</sup>'' (''very''). (The <sup>L</sup> here indicates that the word triggers [[Lenition]] on the following word.) So, given the adjective ''mòr'' (big), if we want to say ''very big'', we say ''glè mhòr'', ''too big'' is ''ro mhòr''.

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