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JAPANESE VERB

すぎる

過ぎる

to do too much, to be excessive

  • #430 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 do too much
NegativeI don’t do too much

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI did too much
NegativeI didn’t do too much

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formdoing too much, and…
Doing now (て います)I am doing too much
Please (て ください)please do too much

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can do too much
NegativeI can’t do too much

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to do too much
NegativeI don’t want to do too much

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s do too much

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I do too much
  2. If, when (たら) if I do too much

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am done too much
CausativeI make someone do too much

How to use すぎる

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

  1. Present and future

    この スープ は しお が おおすぎます。

    This soup has too much salt.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ は ちょっと のみすぎた。

    I drank a bit too much last night.

  3. Te-form

    もう じゅうじ を すぎて いる よ。

    It's already past ten.

  4. Potential

    この ねだん で は、 たべすぎられない ね。

    At this price, you can't even overeat.

  5. Want to

    ことし は もう はたらきすぎたくない。

    This year I don't want to overwork any more.

  6. Volitional

    どんな に じかん が すぎよう と、 わすれない。

    No matter how much time passes, I won't forget.

  7. Conditional

    しめきり を すぎたら、 うけつけ できません。

    Past the deadline, we can't accept it.

  8. Commands and requests

    おいしくても、 たべすぎないで ください ね。

    Even if it's good, please don't eat too much.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に おかし を たべすぎさせないで ください。

    Please don't let the kids eat too many sweets.

Good to know

  • すぎる goes on a verb stem or an adjective: たべすぎる, たかすぎる. On its own, time or a place passes: じゅうじ を すぎる.

Where you hear すぎる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ベン は ときどき たべすぎる。 Ben sometimes eats too much.
  • ゆうべ は のみすぎた。 I drank too much last night.
  • あした は たべすぎない。 Tomorrow I won't eat too much.
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Sports Day

Intermediate Level 1 · たかすぎた

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A Sign in English

Intermediate Level 1 · おおすぎる

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The Ring

Intermediate Level 1 · すぎる

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The Plan

Intermediate Level 1 · すぎない

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Telling the Families

Intermediate Level 1 · ちかすぎる

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Telling the Friends

Intermediate Level 1 · みじかすぎる · のみすぎない

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).