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Grammar and points of interest
verb potential form
verb potential form
ability to do; can / cannot do
スミスさんがあまりにも早口でしゃべるので、言うことが聞き取れませんでした。
particle も + negative verb
particle も + negative verb
not at all, never, nowhere etc
スミスさんがあまりにも早口でしゃべるので、言うことが聞き取れませんでした。
あまり + negative adjective / verb
あまり + negative adjective / verb
not much
スミスさんがあまりにも早口でしゃべるので、言うことが聞き取れませんでした。
Conjugations and inflections
Words
suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san (see also: 様; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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Most common form: 速口
noun, 'no' adjective
fast-talking; rapid talking(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to talk; to chat; to chatter (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...(click the word for examples and links)
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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noun
1. thing; matter (often written with kana only)2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 聞きとる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand2. to find out by asking
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