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JAPANESE VERB

はやすぎる

速すぎる

to be too fast

  • #433 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI am too fast
NegativeI am not too fast

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI was too fast
NegativeI was not too fast

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbeing too fast, and…
Doing now (て います)I am being too fast
Please (て ください)please be too fast

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can be too fast
NegativeI can’t be too fast

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to be too fast
NegativeI don’t want to be too fast

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be too fast

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I am too fast
  2. If, when (たら) if I am too fast

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) be too fast (do it)
  2. Plain command be too fast!
  3. Please don’t please don’t be too fast

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use はやすぎる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    せんせい の はなしかた は はやすぎます。

    The teacher talks too fast.

  2. Past

    きのう の タクシー は はやすぎた。

    Yesterday's taxi was too fast.

  3. Te-form

    でんしゃ が はやすぎて、 けしき が みえない。

    The train is too fast and you can't see the scenery.

  4. Potential

    はなす の が はやすぎて、 ききとれません。

    You're talking too fast, I can't catch it.

  5. Want to

    はやすぎる から、 もう いちど ききたい。

    That was too fast, I want to hear it once more.

  6. Volitional

    はやすぎる ね。 すこし ゆっくり はなそう。

    Too fast, isn't it. Let's talk a bit slower.

  7. Conditional

    はやすぎたら、 いって ください ね。

    If I'm too fast, please tell me.

  8. Commands and requests

    はやすぎる よ。 そんな に とばさないで。

    You're too fast. Don't go that quickly.

  9. Passive and causative

    あるく の が はやすぎる、 と ゆい に いわれた。

    Yui told me I walk too fast.

Good to know

  • はやい is also early, so はやすぎる can mean too early too: まだ はやすぎる.
  • Something is too fast by itself, so where a form isn't used, the sentence shows はやすぎる beside another verb.

Where you hear はやすぎる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ベン の おじぎ は いつも はやすぎる。 Ben's bows are always too fast.
  • リハーサル で、 おじぎ が はやすぎた。 At the rehearsal, my bow was too fast.
  • あした の おじぎ も、 きっと はやすぎる よ。 Tomorrow's bow will be too fast too, I bet.
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The Rehearsal

Intermediate Level 2 · はやすぎる

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