Too Much: すぎる

To say something is “too much” or “too small” or that we drank “too much” and so forth, we use the verb 過すぎる.

Adjectives

For i-adjectives we remove the い and add すぎる.

高たかすぎる。

Too high/expensive.

And because it’s now treated as a verb we can use the te form; however, note that the object still requires the が particle.

パソコンが高たかすぎて買かいませんでした。

The computer was too expensive so I didn’t buy it.

怖こわすぎる。

Too scary.

映画えいがが怖こわすぎて、最後さいごまで見みられなかった。

The movie was too scary so I couldn’t watch until the end.

For na-adjectives we just add すぎる without the auxiliary verb or な particle.

複雑ふくざつすぎる。

Too complicated.

この数学すうがくの問題もんだいが複雑ふくざつすぎるから、明日あしたは先生せんせいに聞ききます。

This maths problems is too complicated so I’ll ask the teacher tomorrow.

Verbs

For verbs we need to use the verb stem.

昨日きのうは飲のみ過すぎて、頭あたまが痛いたいですよ。

I drank too much yesterday—my head hurts!