Enough & Too

"Enough" dan "Too" adalah kata -kata yang termasuk dalam golongan Adverbs. Masing-masing memiliki fungsi dan makna tersendiri. Perhatikan perbedaan dari kedua kata tersebut seperti penjelasan di bawah ini:

1. Enough means "sufficient", or"as much or many (of something) as necessary".
2. Too means "more than enough" or "more than is needed or wanted".

Enough artinya cukup dan berada setelah Adjectives dan Adverbs:

1. It isn't hot enough to go for a swim.
2. We're not moving quickly enough.

Enough juga diletakkan sebelum kata benda (nouns):

1. We have enough time.
2. There isn't enough flour to make the cake.

Too artinya terlalu dan berada sebelum Adjectives dan Adverbs:

1. It's too cold to go for a swim.
2. You're driving too fast.

Kita dapat meletakkan too sebelum kata benda, namun dalam bentuk ekspresi too much dan too many. Too much digunakan sebelum uncountable nouns. Too many digunakan sebelum countable nouns:

1. You put too much sugar in my coffee.
2. There is too much poverty in the world.
3. There are too many people to fit in the car.

Form

too + adjective or adverb
too much/many + noun
too much/many + of + pronoun/determiner

adjective or adverb + enough
enough + noun
enough + of + pronoun/determiner

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Meaning

1. We use too to mean more than sufficient or more/less than necessary.
• It's too late to stop him.
• Jerry was too young to watch the movie.
• There are too many people on this train, there's nowhere to sit.
• You have too much money, give some to me.
• You've eaten too many of those cakes.
2. We use enough to mean sufficient.
• Your clothes are big enough to fit me.
• You've done enough work. You can stop now.
• Have you got enough money to buy me a drink?
3. We use enough in negative sentences to mean less than sufficient or less than necessary.
• You're not working fast enough, you won't finish on time.
• Sorry, I haven't got enough food for everyone.
• Not enough of my friends are coming to the party.

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Additional points

1. We can use enough without a noun if the meaning is clear.
• There's a lot of food but not enough for everyone.
2. We can replace enough with the before a noun.
• I don't have the money to go on holiday.
• His company doesn't have the resources to do the job.
3. We can use time or room alone to mean enough timeor enough room.
• Is there room in your car for one more person?
• Do we have time for a coffee?

Enough artinya cukup.

Dapat berlaku sebagai kata sifat atau kata ganti yang digunakan bersama kata benda jamak yang dapat dihitung atau yang tak dapat dihitung.

Is that enough ?	Apakah itu cukup ?
That’s enough, thank you	Itu sudah cukup, terima kasih
There,s enough bread for breakfast	Ada cukup roti untuk sarapan
We haven’t enough butter	Kami tidak punya cukup mentega
There are enough chairs in that room	Ada cukup kursi di ruangan itu
Three oranges are enough for me	Tiga buah jeruk sudah cukup untuk saya
She has enough flour to make a cake	Dia punya cukup terigu untuk membuat kue
John has enough coffee for today	John punya cukup kopi untuk hari ini
I haven’t enough water for washing	Saya tidak punya cukup air untuk memcuci
Lucy has bought enough vegetables	Lucy telah membeli cukup sayuran
Goerge has got enough meat	George telah mendapatkan cukup daging
Peter has learnt enough French	Peter telah cukup belajar bahasa Perancis
Rudi hasn’t drunk enough milk	Rudi belum cukup minum susu
Tom put enough salt in the soup	Tom menaruh cukup garam dalam sup itu
Is there enough sugar for us ?	Adakah cukup gula untuk kita?
Carol has made enough pudding	Carol telah membuat puding dalam jumlah yang cukup
I’ve heard more than enough of the music	Saya telah mendengar musik itu lebih dari cukup
The cat didn’t get enough food	Kucing itu tidak mendapatkan cukup makanan

Enough dapat digunakan sebagai kata keterangan yang digunakan bersama kata sifat.

This stick is long enough	Tongkat ini cukup panjang
That man is strong enough	Pria itu cukup kuat
That girl is clever enough	Gadis itu cukup pandai
Jack isn’t tall enough	Jack tidak cukup tinggi (kurang tinggi)
The ice is thick enough	Lapisan es itu cukup tebal
The room isn’t light enough to read	Ruangan itu kurang terang untuk membaca
This dress is warm enough to wear	Pakaian ini cukup hangat untuk dikenakan
This towel is dry enough to use	Handuk itu cukup kering untuk dipakai
Danny is old enough to go to school	Danny sudah cukup umur untuk bersekolah
This coffee is not hot enough to drink	Kopi ini tidak cukup panas untuk diminum
This orange is sweet enough to eat	Jeruk ini cukup manis untuk dimakan

Enough dengan kata kerja.

The children play enough	Anak-anak itu cukup bermain
They sleep enough	Mereka cukup tidur
We eat enough	Kami cukup makan
Tom doesn’t work enough	Tom tidak cukup bekerja
James reads enough	James cukup banyak membaca
Do you walk enough?	Apakah anda cukup banyak berjalan kaki?

Too artinya terlalu.

Dapat digunakan dengan kata sifat.

The ceiling is too high	Langit-langit itu terlalu tinggi
The question is too difficult	Soal itu terlalu sulit
The tea is too hot	Teh itu terlalu panas
He is too young	Dia terlalu muda
You are too old	Anda terlalu tua
This room is too dark	Ruangan ini terlalu gelap
His speech was too long	Pidato dia terlalu panjang
This orange is too sour	Jeruk ini terlalu asam
This string is too short	Tali ini terlalu pendek
This tea is too sweet	Teh ini terlalu manis
The shoes are too wet	Sepatu itu terlalu basah
The house is to large	Rumah itu terlalu besar
This bag is too heavy to lift	Kantung itu terlalu berat untuk diangkat
The ceiling is too high to reach	Langit-langit itu terlalu tinggi untuk digapai
This dress is too small to wear	Baju ini terlalu kecil untuk dipakai
This tea is too hot to drink	Teh ini terlalu panas untuk diminum
This poem is too long to learn	Sajak ini terlalu panjang untuk dipelajari
He is too weak to get up	Dia terlalu lemah untuk bangkit
The letters are too small to read	Huruf-huruf itu terlalu kecil untuk dibaca

Too dapat digunakan dengan kata keterangan.

He drives too carefully	Dia mengendarai terlalu hati-hati
They played too noisily	Mereka bermain terlalu gaduh
He walked too slowly	Dia berjalan terlalu pelan
He answered too carelessly	Dia menjawab terlalu ceroboh
She wrote too quickly	Dia menulis terlalu cepat
He played the guitar too nicely	Dia bermain gitar terlalu bagus
You hit me too hard	Kamu memukul saya terlalu keras
A jet plane travels too fast	Pesawat terbang jet bergerak terlalu cepat

Too berarti juga. Dapat digunakan dalam kalimat positif.

He will go, too	Dia akan pergi juga
He is strong, too	Dia kuat juga
They will come, too	Mereka akan datang juga
They work hard, too	Mereka bekerja keras juga
I got a letter, too	Saya mendapatkan surat juga
She wants some meat, too	Dia menginginkan daging juga