普通の人間なら言語を使うことができるというのは事実だが、この能力を食べたり、眠ったり、歩いたりする能力と比べるのは誤解を招きやすい。

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English Translation

Though it is true that every normal human being is able to use language, it is misleading to compare this with his ability to eat, sleep, or walk.

Furigana

普通(ふつう)の人間(にんげん)なら言語(げんご)を使(つか)うことができるというのは事実(じじつ)だが、この能力(のうりょく)を食(た)べたり、眠(ねむ)ったり、歩(ある)いたりする能力(のうりょく)と比(くら)べるのは誤解(ごかい)を招(まね)きやすい。

Romanji

Futsū no ningen nara gengo o tsukau koto ga dekiru toiu no wa jijitsu da ga, kono nōryoku o tabe tari, nemu tari, arui tari suru nōryoku to kuraberu no wa gokai o maneki yasui.

Words

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

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

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

だ (だ)

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

言語 (げんご、ごんご、げんきょ)

language

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

は (は)

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

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

能力 (のうりょく)

ability; faculty

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

歩く (あるく)

to walk

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

比べる (くらべる)

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

誤解 (ごかい)

misunderstanding

招く (まねく)

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

易い (やすい)

easy; likely to ..., have a tendency to ...; easy to ...