「僕は水泳が下手です」「私もそうなのです」

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English Translation

"I'm not good at swimming." "Neither am I."

Furigana

「僕(ぼく)は水泳(すいえい)が下手(へた)です」「私(わたし)もそうなのです」

Romanji

" boku wa suiei ga heta desu"" watashi mo sō na no desu"

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

水泳 (すいえい)

swimming

が (が)

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

下手 (へた)

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

です (です)

be; is

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

だ (だ)

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

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