スペイン語の書き言葉は、ほんのいくらかわかるが、スペイン語の話し言葉ときたら、ちんぷんかんぷんだ。

Sentence Analyzer

すぺいん語の書き言葉は、ほんのいくらかわかるが、すぺいん語の話し言葉ときたら、ちんぷんかんぷんだ。

English Translation

I can understand written Spanish just a little but spoken Spanish is Greek to me.

Furigana

スペイン語(ご)の書(か)き言葉(ことば)は、ほんのいくらかわかるが、スペイン語(ご)の話(はなことば)し言葉()ときたら、ちんぷんかんぷんだ。

Romanji

Supeingo no kakikotoba wa, honno ikuraka wakaru ga, Supeingo no hanashikotobatokitara, chinpunkanpun da.

Words

スペイン語 (スペインご)

Spanish (language)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

書き言葉 (かきことば)

written word; written language

は (は)

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

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

幾らか (いくらか)

some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

が (が)

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

話し言葉 (はなしことば)

spoken language; colloquial expression

珍紛漢紛 (ちんぷんかんぷん、チンプンカンプン)

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible; babble; gibberish; jargon; gobbledygook

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative