Intensifiers

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진짜 – real, really
정말 – really

진짜?/진짜요? – Really?
정말? – Really?

아주 – very, so, exceedingly
그는 아주 정직하고 사려가 깊다 – He is very honest and considerate
그녀는 연기를 아주 잘 했다 – She acted very well

매우 – very, extremely
대단히 – very much, extremely
대단히 미안합니다 – I am very sorry

극히 – extremely
참 – truly, very, so, extremely 
세월 참 빠르다 – The years go by so quickly/Time flies.
그것 참 안됐다 – That‘s too bad/What a shame. 
참 재미있었다 – I really enjoyed myself. 

무한 – infinite, limitless   
무한 감사 드려요 – Thank you so much

너무 – too much, excessively, very, quite

너무 졸려요 – I’m too sleepy/i’m very sleepy 
너무 바빠요 – I’m too busy/i’m very busy 
너무 보고 싶어요 – really miss you
너무 좋아요 – It’s really good 
너무 잘 했어요 – really well done 
한식이 너무 매워요! – Korean food is too spicy!
이건 너무 위험해 – It is very dangerous
저 사람 너무 멋있어요! – that guy is really cool 
이거 너무 좋아요 – I really like this 
여기 너무 시끄러워요 – it’s too noisy here 
너무 좋아요. 그런데 너무 비싸요 – it’s really good. but it’s too expensive.

많이 – a lot (verbs)
꽤 – quite
조금 – a bit (adjectives or verbs)
특히 – especially/particularly

~을수록 – the more (A) the more (B)

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verb stem + ~(으)ㄹ수록

갈수록 – the more you go, the more..
예쁠수록 – the prettier it is, the more..
비쌀수록 – the more expensive it is, the more..
이상할수록 – the stranger it is, the more..
바쁠수록 – the busier you are, the more..

sometimes use ~(으)면 and repeat the same verb in front of the “-을수록” part.
바쁠수록 – 바쁘면 바쁠수록
좋을수록 – 좋으면 좋을수록

맛있을수록 잘 팔려요 – The more delicious it is, the better it sells.
바쁠수록 건강이 중요해요 – The busier you are, the more important your health is
사람이 많을수록 좋아요 – The more people there are, the better.
많으면 많을수록 좋아요 – The more, the better
싸면 쌀수록 많이 살 수 있어요 – the cheaper it is, the more you can buy it
친구는 (많으면) 많을수록 좋아요 – when it comes to friends, the more you have, the better.
(비싸면) 비쌀수록 잘 팔려요 – the more expensive it is, the better it sells
재미있는 사람일수록 곻아요 – the more interesting a person is, the better

can also express “Even more so, especially when..”, “Especially if..“ or “Particularly when..”

바쁠수록 잠을 많이 자야 돼요 – (lit.) The busier you are, the more you need to sleep – You need to sleep even better especially when you are busy.
학생일수록 책을 많이 읽어야 돼요 – especially when you’re a student, you need to read a lot of books.

갈수록 – as time goes by, more and more in time. 
갈수록 추워요 – it keeps getting colder
사브린 씨는 갈수록 한국어를 잘 해요 – Sabrin keeps getting better at her Korean

sometimes use ~(으)면 and repeat the same verb in front of the “-을수록” part.
바쁠수록 – 바쁘면 바쁠수록
좋을수록 – 좋으면 좋을수록