【JLPT N3 Grammar】とても〜ない（totemo~nai）

2020年4月4日 2024年8月26日

Explanation：とても〜ない

Meaning
"〜できない / 絶対に無理だ"

"can't possibly"
Used to emphasize that something is impossible or highly unlikely to happen. It expresses a strong sense of impossibility or difficulty.

Form
とても + V（nai-form）

Points

Expressing Impossibility: "とても〜ない" is often used to stress that something cannot be done or is extremely difficult to achieve.
Negative Form: The expression is always followed by a negative form of a verb, emphasizing the negative aspect.
Subjective Judgment: It reflects the speaker's strong belief that something is not feasible or achievable.

JLPT Level
N3

Sample sentenes

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

せっかく作つくってくれた料理りょうりなのでまずいなんて、とても言いえませんよ。
Since you went to the trouble of making it, I can't possibly tell you that it's not good.

明日あしたまでなんて、私わたしにはとてもできません。
I can't possibly finish it by tomorrow.

日本語にほんごの新聞しんぶんなんて、私にはとても読よめません。
I can’t read a Japanese newspaper at all.

東京とうきょうは家賃やちんが高たかすぎてとても住すめません。
Rent in Tokyo is too high; I could never live there.

この本ほんは難むずかしくて、一日いちにちではとても読よめない。
This book is so difficult; there's no way I can finish it in one day.

この荷物にもつは重おもすぎて、一人ひとりではとても運はこべない。
This luggage is too heavy; there's no way I can carry it by myself.

Vocabulary

Japanese		English
家賃	やちん	rent