Nouns, articles & quantity · CEFR A2 · Everyday
enough — English nouns and articles
Enough goes BEFORE a noun and AFTER an adjective. That swap is the whole difficulty.
The shape
enough + noun · adjective + enough
Say whether there is as much as you need.
In Hindi
enough संज्ञा से पहले और विशेषण के बाद आता है। यही उलटफेर सारी दिक़्क़त है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
The room is not enough big. | The room is not big enough. After an adjective, "enough" comes second. |
enough examples
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
I have enough water.
मेरे पास पर्याप्त पानी है।
This room is big enough.
यह कमरा काफी बड़ा है।
Is this enough for you?
क्या यह तुम्हारे लिए काफी है?
We have enough chairs.
हमारे पास पर्याप्त कुर्सियाँ हैं।
This bag is not big enough.
यह बैग काफी बड़ा नहीं है।
I do not have enough time.
मेरे पास पर्याप्त समय नहीं है।
Questions people ask
- What is the enough used for?
- Enough goes BEFORE a noun and AFTER an adjective. That swap is the whole difficulty. In practice: say whether there is as much as you need.
- How do you form the enough?
- enough + noun · adjective + enough.
- What is the most common mistake with the enough?
- Saying “The room is not enough big.” instead of “The room is not big enough.”. After an adjective, "enough" comes second.
Where enough fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
enough is a CEFR A2 structure — the everyday band — and it belongs to nouns, articles & quantity. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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