JLPT N3 Grammar (totemo~nai)

Meaning

cannot possibly be; hardly ~

How to use

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


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Example #1

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

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

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

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

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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