Topic N4

N4Grammar

Lesson 44: I ate too much

Learn about expressing excess (~Sugimasu), ease or difficulty of doing something (~Yasui / ~Nikui), and changing the state of an object (~Shimasu).

Meaning

Too much ... / Excessively ...

✏️ Structure

- V-masu (bỏ masu) + すぎます - Adj-i (bỏ i) + すぎます - Adj-na (bỏ na) + すぎます

💡 Usage

Indicates that an action or state greatly exceeds the necessary or normal level. Usually carries a deeply undesirable, complaining, or negative nuance.

📚 Examples

•

ゆうべ お酒さけを 飲のみすぎました。

Yuube osake o nomisugimashita.

I unfortunately drank too much alcohol last night.

•

この シャツは 大おおきすぎます。

Kono shatsu wa ookisugimasu.

This shirt is way too big for me.

•

この 問題もんだいは 複雑ふくざつすぎます。

Kono mondai wa fukuzatsusugimasu.

This issue is too painfully complicated.

•

最近さいきんパソコンを使つかいすぎて、目めが痛いたいです。

Saikin pasokon o tsukaisugite, me ga itai desu.

Lately I've used the computer too much, so my eyes literally hurt.

•

このパソコンは高たかすぎます。

Kono pasokon wa takasugimasu.

This computer is way too astronomically expensive.

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