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In this video, we're going to talk about the word moderate. On the one hand, it's an adjective. On the other hand, we can also use moderate to turn a noun into an adjective. How this works and what you have to keep in mind you'll find out now. Let's first take a look at the adjective moderate. That simply means not too much. Here's an example. The battery of the camera lasts one week with moderate use. I say here, if you use the camera moderately, so don't take too many pictures, then the battery lasts one week. After one week, you have to charge the battery. And another example. He only drinks moderate alcohol. That means he doesn't drink too much and not too often alcohol. Pay attention to the pronunciation here. Because we also have the adjective massive. That means very, very much. If I say, he drinks a lot of alcohol, then I say, he drinks an incredible amount of alcohol. So be careful with the pronunciation. Moderate and massive. Here's another example for moderate. She thinks you should only consume sweets So she thinks you shouldn't eat too many sweets. Moderate has other meanings. For example, we can describe with this adjective that something is relatively little or little. The demand for tickets for the concert was so far moderate. So only relatively few people wanted to buy tickets for the concert. Very often, moderate also means that you are not satisfied with something. So the meaning is not relatively little, but too little or not really good. This meaning could also have this sentence here. Relatively few people have bought tickets so far and I'm not satisfied with that. Too few tickets were sold, I think. Another example. The weather was rather moderate in the last few days. Not really cold, but not really nice either. So the weather was so medium. Not good, but not bad either. Or With her moderate grades, she will not get a place in medicine. So her grades at school are not good enough to study medicine with. Or The hotel room was small, the food moderate, the weather bad. Overall, it was not a nice vacation. Here I say, I was not so satisfied with the food. It was not totally bad, but it could have been much better. We can also use moderate as a suffix and attach it to a noun. So we make an adjective out of this noun. Practical, right? In this function, however, moderate can have a few different meanings. That makes it a bit more complicated again. But let's take a look at it in peace. Here's an example. I just went for a walk. It's really spring-like outside. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping. Spring-like here means like in spring. The weather feels like spring. So moderate works here like a comparison. You say with it how something feels, how something looks, how something sounds, etc. This use of moderate is more colloquial. Another example. The music of this band is very 80s. 80s is short for the 80s. So the years from 1980 to 89. This band makes music that sounds like the music the musicians made in the 80s. Their music is comparable to the music of the 80s. Or, you're dressed like you're on vacation. What are you up to? You're dressed like you're on vacation. Maybe with a t-shirt and shorts. And here's another example for a negative, very colloquial comparison. The trip on vacation was absolutely horrific. We were stuck in traffic for four hours. It was hot and we had nothing to drink. So the trip was like in a horror movie. This is of course exaggerated, but with this adjective you can describe that something was really terrible and bad. Then we come to a slightly different nuance of moderate. Here's another example. The train left as planned. That is, the train left as planned. It left according to the plan. At the time required by the timetable. So this is not about similarities or a comparison. I say that something happens because it follows a plan or another thing. As it is intended. Another example. Here you can see the difference to the first meaning of moderate. It did not behave like a book. That makes no sense, but as the book prescribes. Another example. As my habit dictates, I drink a glass of water in the morning. Because of my habit, I drink the water. And one last example. The police officer behaved absolutely in accordance with the regulations. That means he behaved as the regulation required it. He followed all the rules. Let us now talk about the probably most common use of moderate, especially in colloquial language. Moderate is very often used here in relation to topic X or in relation to topic X. For example here. It is going very well for me at the moment. You just attach moderate to a noun and use it to express what exactly you are referring to. What topic you are talking about. As far as work is concerned, it is going very well for me at the moment. The work is the area in my life in which it is going well at the moment. I have no problems. It is great that you do a lot of sports, but you still have to change a lot in terms of nutrition if you want to lose weight. Here I say, you still have to change something in terms of your nutrition. This use of moderate is quite colloquial and it is very practical because you can create new words in a very creative way. However, you need a bit of a sense of language. You can't make an adjective out of every noun that sounds good. Let's look at a few more examples. In terms of age, the two go well together, but otherwise they have nothing in common. In terms of age, the two are a good couple. They are both about the same age, but apart from their age they have no similarities. If you look at other things, they don't go well together. Or, which country is actually the largest country in the world? I mean by population. This is typical colloquial language. I ask a question, what is the largest country in the world? Which country is population-wise the largest country in the world? Not in terms of area, but the size of the population. Not area-wise, but population-wise. Russia is area-wise the largest country in the world. India is population-wise the largest. Note that this use of moderate is quite colloquial. In written language, you should rather write in terms of x what x means, in terms of x, or in relation to x. Here in this example you could write India is, in terms of population, the largest country in the world. Watching videos is good, and actively learning is even better. As a member of Deutsch mit Rieke you get interactive quiz questions and exercises for all my videos. There are now over 230 pieces, as well as the scripts and all videos as a podcast. And you can watch my new videos without advertising in the member area. Information about this is available here above and in the video description. I would like to briefly touch on a few adjectives with moderate, which are very colloquial and which are used as amplifiers. Maybe you've heard someone say hammer-like, sow-like or tip-like. For example, the concert was hammer-like. That means the concert was very, very good. Extraordinarily good. Or the tickets for the concert were extremely expensive. Extremely means very, extremely, unbelievable. You can use this in both negative contexts, like here, or also in positive sentences. I could say, for example, I was extremely lucky. I was too late at the airport, but the flight was also delayed. So I was very, very lucky. And another example. The service in the hotel is top-notch. That means the service is excellent. Extraordinarily good. And another one. I am extremely hungry. Here I say, I am extremely, indescribably hungry. Hammer-like, sow-like, tip-like and murder-like. I'm sure you'll hear that when you speak with native speakers. Pay attention to that. Write in the comments whether you would be interested in more videos about similar suffixes like moderate, for example about bar, wise or haughty. 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