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JAPANESE VERB

おおすぎる

多すぎる

to be too many

  • #431 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 many
NegativeI am not too many

Past

finished actions

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

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

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

Potential

可能形 · “can”

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

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be too many

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use おおすぎる

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

  1. Present and future

    この りょう は、 ひとり で は おおすぎます。

    This amount is too much for one person.

  2. Past

    パーティー の りょうり は おおすぎた。

    There was too much food at the party.

  3. Te-form

    ひと が おおすぎて、 なか に はいれない。

    There are too many people and we can't get in.

  4. Potential

    メニュー が おおすぎて、 えらべません。

    There are too many things on the menu, I can't choose.

  5. Want to

    にもつ が おおすぎる。 はんぶん は おいて いきたい。

    Too much luggage. I want to leave half behind.

  6. Volitional

    ひと が おおすぎる から、 べつ の みせ に しよう。

    There are too many people, so let's pick another place.

  7. Conditional

    しお が おおすぎたら、 みず を たして ね。

    If there's too much salt, add some water.

  8. Commands and requests

    やる こと が おおすぎる の。 いま は はなしかけないで。

    I've too much to do. Don't talk to me right now.

  9. Passive and causative

    ざんぎょう が おおすぎる と、 つま に いわれた。

    My wife told me I do too much overtime.

Good to know

  • おおすぎる is too many or too much; where a form isn't used, the sentence shows it beside another verb.

Where you hear おおすぎる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • とうきょう は ひと が おおすぎる。 Tokyo has too many people.
  • きのう は よやく が おおすぎた。 Yesterday there were too many bookings.
  • あした は しゃしん が きっと おおすぎる よ。 Tomorrow there'll be far too many photos, I bet.
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One Last Night

Intermediate Level 2 · おおすぎる

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