Intensifiers
When you want to make an adjective stronger, you can use for example "really" and "very" in English. Example: a big boat, a really big boat. These two belong to the first group in the table hereunder: they're intensitivity particles.
The second group is the one which contains in English "terribly" (as in terribly difficult), "stunningly" (as in stunningly beautiful) and "extremely" (as in extremely important). As you can see, in English you take the -ly form of a word. In Finnish you take the genitive form!
Intensifying particles
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| Intensifiers | Examples | In English |
| aika | aika kaunis | pretty beautiful |
| aivan | aivan huono | really bad |
| erittäin | erittäin hyvä | extremely good |
| ihan | ihan kaunis | quite beautiful |
| kovin | kovin vaikea | terribly difficult |
| melko | melko kaunis | fairly beautiful |
| oikein | oikein kaunis | truly beautiful |
| perin | perin tärkeä | highly, exceedingly important |
| sangen | sangen hyvin | perfectly well |
| varsin | varsin hyvä | fairly good |
| verrattain | verrattain kaunis | relatively beautiful |
| ylen | ylen onnellinen | exceedingly happy |
| todella | todella kaunis | very beautiful |
| tosi | tosi kaunis | very beautiful |
| hyvin | hyvin kaunis | greatly beautiful |
Genitive forms of nominatives
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| Intensifiers | Examples | In English |
| erikoisen | erikoisen sopiva | particularly suited |
| helvetin | helvetin vaikea | hellishly difficult |
| hirveän | hirveän iso | awfully big |
| ihmeen | ihmeen hyvin | wonderfully well |
| ilmeisen | ilmeisen selvä | evidently clear |
| kauhean | kauhean vaikea | terribly difficult |
| kohtalaisen | kohtalaisen kaunis | reasonably beautiful |
| kohtuuttoman | kohtuuttoman vaikea | unduly difficult |
| mahdollisimman | mahdollisimman hyvin | in the best possible way |
| mahdottoman | mahdottoman suuri | enormously big |
| suhteellisen | suhteellisen helppo | relatively easy |
| suhteettoman | suhteettoman suuri | disproportionately large |
| tavattoman | tavattoman vaikea | awfully, exceedingly difficult |
| uskomattoman | uskomattoman kaunis | unbelievably beautiful |
| äärettömän | äärettömän pieni | infinitesimal |
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