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JAPANESE VERB

ながすぎる

長すぎる

to be too long

  • #432 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 long
NegativeI am not too long

Past

finished actions

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

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

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

Potential

可能形 · “can”

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

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be too long

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use ながすぎる

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

  1. Present and future

    この えいが は ちょっと ながすぎます。

    This film is a bit too long.

  2. Past

    きのう の かいぎ は ながすぎた。

    Yesterday's meeting was too long.

  3. Te-form

    スピーチ が ながすぎて、 みんな ねむく なった。

    The speech was too long and everyone got sleepy.

  4. Potential

    ズボン が ながすぎて、 はけません。

    The trousers are too long, I can't wear them.

  5. Want to

    かみ が ながすぎる から、 きりたい。

    My hair is too long, I want to cut it.

  6. Volitional

    ながすぎる から、 すこし みじかく しよう。

    It's too long, so let's make it a little shorter.

  7. Conditional

    メール が ながすぎたら、 だれ も よみません。

    If an email is too long, nobody reads it.

  8. Commands and requests

    ながすぎる から、 ぜんぶ よまないで いい よ。

    It's too long, so you don't have to read it all.

  9. Passive and causative

    スピーチ が ながすぎる と、 みんな に いわれた。

    Everyone told me the speech was too long.

Good to know

  • すぎる after an adjective's stem means too much: ながすぎる, たかすぎる, おおすぎる.
  • Something is too long by itself, so where a form isn't used, the sentence shows ながすぎる beside another verb.

Where you hear ながすぎる

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Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • かきごおり の れつ は いつも ながすぎる。 The shaved ice queue is always too long.
  • しけん の ぶんしょう が ながすぎた。 The exam passages were too long.
  • その スピーチ は ながすぎる と おもう よ。 I think that speech will be too long.
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Fireworks on the River

Intermediate Level 2 · ながすぎる

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