[✐4 Allegretto] too much, to be in excess [Vます+すぎ]

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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. I hope it also helps you to capture the pattern of the sentence structure.

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“You drink too much.”

[00:06]

Hello, everyone. 

〜sugiru means too much, but it is now sometimes used in the meaning of “very” since several years ago.  Examples are; “extremely beautiful announcer”, or”this Ramen is very delicious”.  

Anyway, let’s start.

[00:25]

My friend, Sato san, always does things over the top. So I will tell him as follows.

[00:34]

eat > eat too much

→ Sato san, you eat too much.

[00:40]

Ready?

You can change the name to your friends’ name.

[00:45]

1.  Drink > drink too much

→ (Sato san) you drink too much.

2.  Sleep > sleep too much

→ (Sato san), you sleep too much/long.

3.  do twitter > do twitter too much

→ (Sato san), you do/write twitter too much.

4.  always talk > always talk too much

→ (Sato san), you always talk too much.

5.  cry > cry too much

→ (Sato san), you cry too much.

6.  Imitate others > imitate others too much

→ (Sato san), you imitate others too much.

7.  Read books > read books too much

→ (Sato san), you read books too much.

8.  get angry/irritated > get angry too much

→ (Sato san), you get angry too much/often.

[02:14]

By the way, I cooked.  Please have a bite.  How does it taste?  Tasty?


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