Too accurate fortunes with 〜すぎる
Grammar Explanation: Too much with 〜すぎる
Chino recalls her grandfather’s coffee fortune telling.
- チノ:
- 「おじいちゃんのカフェ・ド・マンシーは当たりすぎて怖いと有名でした」
- “My grandpa's Café de Mancy was famous for being too accurate to a scary degree.”
- Literal: “Grandpa's Café de Mancy was famous because it hit too much and was scary.”
- 「飲み終わった後に残ったコーヒーの模様で占うんです」
- “You tell fortunes from the coffee pattern left after drinking it.”
Key Points
1当たりすぎて means being accurate to an excessive degree
- Fortune predictions “hit” when they come true, so 当たる becomes the English “be accurate” here.
2すぎて links the degree to the frightening result
- The て form of すぎる connects the excessive accuracy with 怖い.
3怖い有名でした describes the café’s reputation
- Grandpa’s fortune telling was known for accuracy so strong that customers found it scary.
4飲み終わった後に sets the sequence
- The fortune is read only after the coffee has been finished, using the pattern left in the cup.
Vocabulary
有名 (Famous)
有名 means famous or well-known.
模様 (Pattern)
模様 means a pattern or design. It can also describe how a situation stands or what appears likely to happen.
See Also
- Grammar: Too much with 〜すぎる
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Grammar: Connecting actions with 〜て・〜で
- Grammar: Completing an action with 〜終わる
- Grammar: Reasoning with 〜のだ
- Grammar: Polite style with です and ます
- Kanji: Forms and appearances with 様
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