charusu
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- 23 Feb 2011
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Good evening friends!
I was trying to figure out how to say something like "too many [dogs]" or "too much [money]". As I understand it this is accomplished by the adverb あまりに, which I don't really understand, how can an adverb modify a noun?
Secondly, Kotoba! has an example sentence: 「彼女は息子にあまりにも大量のお金を与えた。」. 1) Relating to the question above, I don't understand the placement of あまりに here - I mean I understand the meaning of the sentence, just not the grammar. 2) I don't understand the use of も here, I have seen it in quite a few example sentences with あまりに but I can't seem to put a pattern together. I've not heard of も being used as anything but a particle (in the inclusive sense and the emphatic sense).
Can somebody please clear this up for me?
Thank you!
I was trying to figure out how to say something like "too many [dogs]" or "too much [money]". As I understand it this is accomplished by the adverb あまりに, which I don't really understand, how can an adverb modify a noun?
Secondly, Kotoba! has an example sentence: 「彼女は息子にあまりにも大量のお金を与えた。」. 1) Relating to the question above, I don't understand the placement of あまりに here - I mean I understand the meaning of the sentence, just not the grammar. 2) I don't understand the use of も here, I have seen it in quite a few example sentences with あまりに but I can't seem to put a pattern together. I've not heard of も being used as anything but a particle (in the inclusive sense and the emphatic sense).
Can somebody please clear this up for me?
Thank you!