Speaker 1: I was much too tired to go to the gym today.
To be honest, I guess I'm too bored with that gym.
The equipment is too old and there are too many
people working out there. Wait a minute, maybe I'm just
much too grumpy.
Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from
New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael
here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.
This is Happy English Podcast Episode eight thirty two. Too
Much and Much Too. Hello and welcome. Thanks for joining
me for another episode of the Happy English Podcast. I'm
your English tea Michael, and I'm glad you're here because
today we're gonna talk about a few tiny little words
that pack a punch in English. Too much, too and
too much. They may sound simple, but these words can
really help you express how you feel about a situation,
especially when things just aren't right. So let's jump into
it now. First up is the word two two two
two to We use two to talk about situations where
there is more of something than we want or need.
It's often used when we're not happy about something, when
we're complaining a little. Let's say it's freezing outside. You
could say it's very cold today, and that's fine. That
just means it's pretty cold. But if you say it's
too cold today, that's different. That means it's really cold
and you're not happy about it. You wish it were warmer.
That's the feeling behind too. Here are a few more
like that, I can't go to the gym I'm too tired,
or Emily didn't want to go because it was too far,
or maybe your friend painted their room dark purple and
you're just not feeling it it's too dark. See. Each
one shows a kind of complaint or discomfort, and we
can use two with adverbs those words that describe how
something is done, like the new teacher speaks too quickly,
or the snow melted too slowly. It's the same feeling.
Something is happening in a way that's not good for you. Now,
if you really really want to emphasize your feeling like
this isn't just bad, it's really bad, we use much
too so it's much too far or much too slowly,
or much too expensive, like I wanted to buy those
sneakers but they were much too expensive, or traffic is
moving much too slowly this morning. It adds a little drama,
you know. Okay, now let's talk about too much and
too many. These are a little different now because we're
talking about quantity. We say too much with things we
can't count, like milk, or time, or noise or rain.
Stuff like that, there's too much noise in here, or
we have too much time before the flight. On the
other hand, we say too many with countable things, things
you can count one by one, like emails, people or snowstorms.
I got too many emails today, or there were too
many snowstorms last winter. Too many emails? Do people really
use email these days? Oh, and here's a little bonus.
You might hear someone say he's too much or that
was too much. In this case, it doesn't mean anything negative. Actually,
it's usually positive or playful. It means something was really
funny or a bit over the top, like your friend
tells the funniest story at the party and you laugh
and say you're too much, or you watch a crazy
scene in a movie and go, wow, that was too much.
So just remember two followed by an adjective or an
adverb means you're not happy with a situation. Like too
loud or too fast, and much too makes that feeling stronger.
It's much too hot today. Too much or too many
is about quantity more than you want, like too much
noise or too many people at the gym. And finally,
your too much can be a fun and playful way
to react to something hilarious or outrageous. All right, that's
it for today's podcast English lesson. I hope this helped
you get a better sense of how to use too much,
too and too much in real life. Try using them today.
And hey, if you hear someone say you're too much,
just take it as a compliment. And by the way,
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