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こんな
に
美味おい
しい
料りょう
理り
は
初はじ
めて
だ
。
I've never had food this delicious before.
Usage patterns こんなに 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 so (adjective), to this degree
It's been a while since it's been this cold.
こんなに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 のに even though (someone did) this much
Even though I studied this much, I still failed the exam.
こんなに 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 とは 思おも わなかった didn't expect it to be this much
I didn't think it would take this long.
Related words こんなに means 'this much', referring to something close to the speaker, while あんなに means 'that much', referring to something distant from both speaker and listener.
Don't confuse with こんな is a pre-noun word that directly modifies a noun (こんな人), while こんなに is an adverb that modifies verbs and adjectives to show degree (こんなに大きい).
こんなに points to a degree close to the speaker ('this much'), while そんなに points to a degree associated with the listener or something already mentioned ('that much').
こんなに refers to a degree close to the speaker, while あんなに refers to a degree distant from both speaker and listener ('that much over there').
Etymology Derived from the pre-noun adjectival こんな (konna, 'this kind of') + adverbial particle に (ni). The exact historical derivation of こんな is uncertain, but it belongs to the ko-so-a-do demonstrative series.
