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An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good.)

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-An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier  (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good) as is ''rò'' "too" and ''fior'' "truly"
+An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier  (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good) as is ''rò'' "too" and ''fior'' "truly". In Gaelic intensifiers always precede the adjective or adverb
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-An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier  (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good.)
+An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier  (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good) as is ''rò'' "too" and ''fior'' "truly"
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 [[Category: Technical Definitions]]

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 An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier  (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good.)
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	An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good.)		An intensifier is a special kind of adverbial modifier that indicates an increase in degree of the quality being expressed by the adverb or adjective. In English, '''too''' and ''very''' are intensifiers. In Gaelic ''glè'' (very) is an intensifier (''math'' "good" --> ''glè mhath'' very good.)
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