(으)ㄹ 정도로 Korean grammar Intermediate

Usage:

- (으)ㄹ 정도로: 앞의 말과 비스한 수준으로 뒤의 행동을 하는 것

This expression is used to indicate that the action or behavior in the following clause is being done or is occurring to a degree similar to what is described in the preceding clause. It is mainly used in the form -(으)ㄹ 정도로 or -(으)ㄹ 정도이다.

→ It is added to some kinds of nouns and the modifier of a verb or an adjective-(으)ㄹ'. It means the 'general standard or limit' of an object or a condition.

EExample

Conversation1

가: 오늘 돌아다니면서 구경 많이 했어요?

나: 네, 피곤해서 쓰러질 정도로 많이 돌아다녔어요.

A: Did you get a lot of sightseeing done today?

B: Yes, I was so tired from going here and there that I could have collapsed. 

Conversation2 

가: 비가 많이 오네요!

나: 네, 너무 많이 와서 앞이 잘 안 보일 정도예요.

A: It's really raining hard! 

B: Yeah, it's raining so hard that I can hardly see in front of me.

   More example:

1. 저는 매일 두 편씩 볼 정도로 영화를 좋아해요.

I like movies to the extent that I watch about two every day. 

2. 편소에 화를 안 내던 민수 씨가 화를 낼 정도로 지수 씨가 나쁜 짓을 한 거예요?

Did Jisu do something so bad that Minsu, who normally never gets angry, became angry?

3. 이번 시험은 아주 쉬워서 중학생도 모두 풀 정도였어요.

The exam was so easy this time that even a middle school student could have aced it. 

4. 아이도 읽을 정도로 쉬운 소설이에요.

It is an easy-to-read novel that even a child can read.

5.한국사람으로 착각할 정도로 한국어를 잘해요.

He speaks Korean so well that thought it is Korean.

6. 걷지 못할 정도로 술에 취했습니다. I got drunk and couldn't walk.

7. 아프지만 결석할 정도는 아니에요.
    I am sick, but I am not sick enough to be absent from school.

8. 중학생정도이면 이해할 수 있을 겁니다.
    It would be understandable for middle school students.