Learn Korean: 이 정도면 + Verb

Let’s take a look at the Korean sentence pattern 이 정도면 + Verb. We have tackled (정도) a couple of times before and this one is surely easy as it only involves the demonstrative pronoun 이 (this) and the conditional 면 (if). 이 정도면 is used to express that the quality of something is good or bad enough. Hence, we only use state verbs for this matter. For example, a friend wrote a poem about love and she consulted me what I think of it. It was good enough to be called a poem so I say It's good enough. It's okay. The usage of words and the way the poem was written is okay. The main verbs are 좋다 (to be good) and 괜찮다 (to be okay) respectively. 이 정도면 comes before the verb. The actual sentence is 이 정도면 좋아(요) or 이 정도면 괜찮아(요).

이 정도면 맛있어.

This is delicious enough. (but you could make it more delicious)

이 정도면 아프지.

Of course it is painful. (talking about the extent the surgery is going to be done.

이 정도면 완벽해.

It's great enough.