Minna No Nihongo Grammar Lesson 44

Minna No Nihongo Grammar Lesson 44

Vます-form い-adj (～い) な-adj [な]

すぎます

 

～すぎますindicates that the degree of an action or a state is excessive. Therefore, it is usually used with reference to undesirable states.

ゆうべお酒を飲みすぎました。

I drank too much last night.

このセーターは大きすぎます。

This sweater is too large (for me).

～すぎますis classified as Group II verb and therefore conjugates in the same way.

e.g.,　のみすぎる、のみすぎ(ない)、のみすぎた

最近の車は操作が簡単すぎて、運転がおもしろくないです。

The handling of recent cars is so easy that driving them is not so enjoyable for me.

いくら好きでも、飲みすぎると、体に悪いですよ。

No matter how much you like it, drinking too much is bad for your health.

Vます-form

やすいです にくいです

 

1) These phrases depict the easiness or difficulty in handling or doing something.

このパソコンは使いやすいです。

This personal computer is easy to use.

東京は住みにくいです。

Living in Tokyo is difficult.

2) These phrases depict the easiness or difficulty in the characteristics of an object or a person changing or in the likelihood of something happening.

白いシャツは汚れやすいです。

A white shirt gets dirty easily.

雨の日は洗濯物が乾きにくいです。

Things won’t dry easily on a rainy day.

[Note]～やすいです and ～にくいですfunction as い-adjectives and conjugates in the same way as other い-adjectives do.

この薬は砂糖を入れると、飲みやすくなりますよ。

If you add some sugar to this medicine, it will be easier to take.

このコップは割れにくくて、安全ですよ。

This glass won’t break easily, so it is safe.

い-adj (～い) → ～く な-adj [な] → ～に Nに

します

 

While ～く／～になりますthat you learned in Lesson 19 indicates that something “turns into” a certain state,～く／ ～にします, as shown in the sentences below, indicates that somebody “turns” something into a certain state.

音を大きくします。

I will turn up the volume.

部屋をきれいにします。

I will clean my room.

塩の量を半分にしました。

I reduced the amount of salt by half.

4. Nにします

Nにしますexpresses selection and/or decision.

部屋はシングルにしますか、ツインにしますか。

Would you like a single room or a twin room?

会議はあしたにします。

I will set the meeting for tomorrow.

い-adj (～い) → ～く な-adj [な] → ～に

V

 

When changing adjectives into the forms written above, they function as adverbs.

野菜を細かく切ってください。

Please cut the vegetables into small pieces.

電気や水は大切に使いましょう。

Let’s conserve electricity and water.

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