[Student’s sentence]

 

このシャツは私には大きいすぎます。
This shirt is too big for me.

*このシャツはわたしにはおおきいすぎます。

 

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[My correction]

 

このシャツは私には大きいすぎます。
→このシャツは私には大きすぎます。
This shirt is too big for me.

 

If an i-adjective comes before すぎる, the final ‘い’ of the i-adjective is removed

大きい→大きすぎる

高い→高すぎる

寒い→寒すぎる

 

na-adjectives can be used as they are

ひま→ひますぎる

しずか→しずかすぎる

 

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