JLPT N3 Grammar とても～ない (totemo~nai)

Meaning 意味

cannot possibly be; hardly ~

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とても	Verb (ない form)

Learn Japanese grammar: とても～ない (totemo~nai). Meaning: cannot possibly be; hardly ~.

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とても～ない - Example Sentences 例文

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Example #1

そんなこと、私にはとても出来ない。

そんなこと、わたしにはとてもできない。

sonna koto, watashi niwa totemo dekinai.

There's no way I could do something like that.

Example #2

この本の漢字は難しいので私にはとても読めない。

このほんのかんじはむずかしいのでわたしにはとてもよめない。

kono hon no kanji wa muzukashii no de watashi ni wa totemo yomenai.

The kanji in this book is difficult so I can barely read it.

Example #3

20万円の携帯電話など、とても買えない。

20まんえんのけいたいでんわなど、とてもかえない。

20 man en no keitai denwa nado, totemo kaenai.

There's no way I can buy something like a 200,000 yen cellphone.

Example #4

彼女がせっかく作ってくれたから、甘いものが嫌いなんて、とても言えない。

かのじょがせっかくつくってくれたから、あまいものがきらいなんて、とてもいえない。

kanojo ga sekkaku tsukutte kureta kara, amai mono ga kirai nante, totemo ienai.

Since she went through the trouble of making it for me, I couldn't possibly tell her I don't like sweets.

Example #5

一度にこんなにたくさんの単語はとても覚えられません。

いちどにこんなにたくさんのたんごはとてもおぼえられません。

ichido ni konna ni takusan no tango wa totemo oboerare masen.

I could not possibly memorize so much vocabulary at once.

Example #6

歯が痛くてご飯はとても食べられなかった。

はがいたくてごはんはとてもたべられなかった。

ha ga itakute gohan wa totemo taberare nakatta.

My tooth hurt and so I could hardly eat anything.

Example #7

こんな難しい問題は私だけでとても解けません。

こんなむずかしいもんだいはわたしだけでとてもとけません。

konna muzukashii mondai wa watashi dake de totemo tokemasen.

I can't solve this kind of difficult problem just by myself.

Example #8

明日までに、１０ページ分の漢字を全部覚えるなんてとてもできない。

あしたまでに、１０ページぶんのかんじをぜんぶおぼえるなんてとてもできない。

ashita made ni, 10 peeji bun no kanji o zenbu oboeru nante totemo dekinai.

There's no way I can memorize 10 pages worth of kanji by tomorrow.

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