どんなに練習しても、私は背泳ぎができませんでした。

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English Translation

No matter how hard I practiced, I wasn't able to do the backstroke.

Furigana

どんなに練習(れんしゅう)しても、私(わたし)は背泳(せおよ)ぎができませんでした。

Romanji

Donnani renshūshite mo, watashi wa seoyogi ga dekimasen deshita.

Words

どんなに (どんなに)

how; how much

練習 (れんしゅう)

practice; practising

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

背泳ぎ (せおよぎ)

backstroke (swim.)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

デス (デス)

death