Japanese Grammar: Verb + すぎます (Too Much / To Overdo Something)

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Sentence Pattern: Verb (Polite Form) + すぎます

Sentence Pattern: Verb (Polite Form) + すsuぎgiまmaすsu

Grammar Explanation: expresses “too much” or “to overdo something”

Ex.: ちょっと食たべすぎました。

Rm.: Chotto tabesugimashita.

En.: I ate a bit too much.

Ex.: 昨さく晩ばんは飲のみすぎました。

Rm.: Sakuban wa nomisugimashita.

En.: I drank too much last night.

Sentence Pattern: I-adjective (い→×) + すぎます

Sentence Pattern: I-adjective (い) + すsuぎgiまmaすsu

Grammar Explanation: expresses “too much” or “to overdo something”

Ex.: この問もん題だいは難むずかしすぎます。

Note: 難むずかしい→難むずかし

Rm.: Kono mondai wa muzukashisugimasu.

En.: This problem is way too hard.

Ex.: このバックは高たかすぎます。

Note: 高たかい→高たか

Rm.: Kono baggu wa takasugimasu.

En.: This bag is way too expensive.

Sentence Pattern: Na-adjective (な→×) + すぎます

Sentence Pattern: Na-adjective (な) + すsuぎgiまmaすsu

Grammar Explanation: expresses “too much” or “to overdo something”

Ex.: お店みせが暇ひますぎて、つぶれそうです。

Note: 暇ひまな→暇たか

Rm.: Omise ga himasugite, tsuburesou desu.

En.: The shop is so slow it might go out of business.

Ex.: この男おとこの子こは元げん気きすぎます。

Note: 元げん気きな→元げん気き

Rm.: Kono otokonoko wa genkisugimasu.

En.: This boy has way too much energy.

Reference: Minna no Nihongo Lesson 44

Sentence Pattern: Noun + すぎます

Sentence Pattern: Noun + すsuぎgiまmaすsu

Grammar Explanation: expresses “too much” or “to overdo something”

最さい近きんは「名めい詞し+すぎます」という文ぶん型けいで表ひょう現げんすることもあります。

In recent years, “Noun + すぎます” has also become common in Japanese.

Ex.: 彼かの女じょは美び人じんすぎます。

Rm.: Kanojo wa bijin sugimasu.

En.:She’s ridiculously beautiful.

Ex.: この店みせのスタッフは神かみ対たい応おうすぎます。

Rm.: Kono mise no sutafu wa kami taio sugimasu.

En.: The staff here are next-level amazing.

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