N4 grammar · Lesson 28

すぎる・やすい・にくい: too …, easy to …, hard to …

昨日きのうは食たべすぎて、今朝けさはおなかが痛いたいです。

“Too …” with 「〜すぎる」; “easy/hard to …” and “likely/unlikely to …” with 「〜やすい」 and 「〜にくい」; plus 「よすぎる」 and how each word type attaches.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜すぎる」: too …
  2. 02「〜やすい」 and 「〜にくい」: easy to …, hard to …
  3. 03“Likely to …”, “unlikely to …”: tendencies
  4. 04Summary of the forms

Practice

  • Match each word to its changed form
  • Choose the correct form
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the form for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order

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