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I’ve got the whole すぎる thing down. What I never see is how to say that there is too much of something. For example,
“There is too much water in the bath.”
“There is too much curry on the rice.” (I realize this example is impossible)
“There are too many people in this elevator/lift”
know what I mean?
すぎる is an auxiliary verb – it attaches only onto verbs or adjectives. Fortunately, much/many is an adjective – 多い. So お風呂では水が多すぎる
Other adjectives/verbs may work also. =)
Greatly helpful. And makes so much sense.
Hey thank you. I just wondered the same. I’ve just added a sentence with が多すぎる to my anki sentence deck.
As far as I know, you can do similar with just すぎ, making the word a noun (or な-adjective?), so you could also say 水が多すぎです。.
Further enlightenment. Thank you!
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