【JLPT N3 Grammar】とても〜ない

Explanation:とても〜ない

Meaning
"〜できない / 絶対に無理だ"

"can't possibly"
Expresses a very strong sense of impossibility.

Form
とても + V(nai-form)

JLPT Level
N3



Sample sentenes

たくさんあって、とても食べきれない
There’s so much, I can’t possibly finish it all.

せっかく作ってくれた料理なのでまずいなんて、とても言えませんよ
Since you went to the trouble of making it, I can't possibly tell you that it's not good.

明日までなんて、私にはとてもできません
I can't possibly finish it by tomorrow.

日本語の新聞なんて、私にはとても読めません
I can’t read a Japanese newspaper at all.

東京は家賃が高すぎてとても住めません
Rent in Tokyo is too high; I could never live there.

Vocabulary

Japanese
English
家賃 やちん rent
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