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このクラスには
おんな
女
の
こ
子
は
さんにん
3人
しかいません。
There are only three girls in the class.
Grammar and points of interest
しか + verb negative form しか + verb negative form
 
nothing but
このクラスには女の子は3人しかいません。
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
このクラスには女の子は3人しかいません。
いる / います and ある / あります いる / います and ある / あります
 
existence; possession
このクラスには女の子は3人しかいません。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
このクラスには女の子は3人しかいません。
Conjugations and inflections
  いません is the masu negative form of ichidan verb いる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ク ラ ス 1
noun
class
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お ん な の こ 3
expression, noun
1. girl; daughter
2. young woman
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さ ん に ん 1
Most common form: 三人
noun
three people
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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い る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
子
シ   ス   こ child   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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