~すぎる Japanese Grammar Lesson
Grammar Type: Auxiliary Verb (Group 2)
Essential Meaning: Too X / Over-X
Construction:
- Verb ます-Form + すぎる
- E.g. 話しすぎる [X speaks too much]
- E.g. 食べすぎる [X eats too much]
- (い-Adjective / な-Adjective) stem + すぎる
- E.g. 高すぎる [X is too expensive]
- E.g. 静かすぎる [X is too quiet]
Notes:
- As a main verb, すぎる means “To pass” or “To go beyond some limit“. As an auxiliary verb, it means “To do X excessively“, “To be X excessively“, or “Too X“.
- E.g. 森さんは太りすぎている。[Mori-san is too fat.]
- With ~すぎる, いい becomes よ and ない becomes なさ.
- E.g. このアパートはトムにはよすぎる。[This apartment is too good for Tom.]
- E.g. べんは力がなさすぎる。[Ben has too little power.]
- E.g. 友子は野菜を食べなさすぎる。[Tomoko eats too few vegetables.]
- In a sentence such as “Too X For Y“, “For” is indicated by には.
- E.g. このアパートは私たちには高すぎる。[This apartment is too expensive for us.]
- E.g. この机は私の部屋には大きすぎる。[This desk is too big for my room.]
- ~すぎる conjugates as a Group 2 verb. Thus, the negative form is すぎない, the polite form is すぎます, and the て-Form is すぎて.
Example Sentences:
ウイルソンさんは肉を食べすぎる。[Mr. Wilson eats too much meat.]
このアパートは私たちには高すぎる。[This apartment is too expensive for us.]
私は今朝寝過ぎて学校におくれた。[This morning I slept too much and I was late for school.]
田中先生の授業は大変すぎるのでやめました。[Tanaka-sensei’s course was too demanding, so I quit.]
森さんは太りすぎている。[Mori-san is too fat.]
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