KANAKUMA

JLPT N5+ · Adjective forms

A／V + すぎる

Shows an excessive degree or action

Meaning

Shows an excessive degree or action.

Formation

  1. Verb: drop ます: 食べます → 食べすぎる
  2. Adjective: drop い or な: 高い → 高すぎる, 静か → 静かすぎる
  3. いい → よすぎる, ない → なさすぎる

When to use it

Core use
Shows an excessive degree or action

Examples

14 sentences

  • このかばんは高たかすぎる

    This bag is too expensive.

  • 昨日きのうは食べたべすぎました

    I ate too much yesterday.

  • パーティーでケーキを食べたべすぎました

    I ate too much cake at the party.

  • このかばんは私わたしには大きおおきすぎます

    This bag is too big for me.

  • 昨日きのうはコーヒーを飲みのみすぎました

    I drank too much coffee yesterday.

  • この荷物にもつは重おもすぎます

    This luggage is too heavy.

  • 映画えいがが面白くておもしろくて笑いわらいすぎました

    The film was funny and I laughed too much.

  • この部屋へやは静かしずかすぎて少しすこし怖いこわいです

    This room is too quiet and feels a little scary.

6 more examples

  • 今日きょうは歩きあるきすぎて足あしが痛いいたいです

    I walked too much today and my feet hurt.

  • このシャツは長ながすぎます

    This shirt is too long.

  • お土産おみやげを買いかいすぎてかばんに入りはいりません

    I bought too many souvenirs and they will not fit in my bag.

  • 塩しおを入れいれすぎました

    I added too much salt.

  • あの説明せつめいは簡単かんたんすぎてよく分かりわかりません

    That explanation is too simplistic for me to understand it well.

  • 夜更かしよふかししすぎないほうがいいです

    You should not stay up too late.

Important notes

  • すぎる means more than is good or needed, and the whole word then inflects as a group 2 verb: 高すぎた, 食べすぎない.

Common mistakes

  • Do not use すぎる for a neutral 'very': とてもおいしい praises the food, 甘すぎる complains. Special forms: いい → よすぎる, ない → なさすぎる.

Check yourself

Pick the translation of each sentence. The wrong options translate similar patterns, so watch the grammar rather than the words.

  1. 今日きょうは歩きあるきすぎて足あしが痛いいたいです
  2. 塩しおを入れいれすぎました
  3. 夜更かしよふかししすぎないほうがいいです

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