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24 Dec 2017
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What is the difference between あまり and すぎる ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between あまり and すぎる ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
They both mean not much in a negative state, what's the difference in the usages ?
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We use "あまり" in a negative state, it works as an adverb.
"あまり" is coupled with "～ない", for example, "あまりうれしくない(I'm not so happy)", "あまり大きくない(It's not so big)", "あまり聞かない(It isn't commonly used)","あまり知らない(I don't know much about it)".
We use "すぎる" in a negative state, it works as a verb.
"すぎる" is coupled with an adjective, for example, "うれしすぎる", "大きすぎる", "知りすぎる".
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