フランス語は読むことさえ出来ないのです。まして話すことなどとても出来ません。

Sentence Analyzer

ふらんす語は読むことさえ出来ないのです。まして話すことなどとても出来ません。

English Translation

I can't even read French, much less speak it.

Furigana

フランス語(ご)は読(よ)むことさえ出来(でき)ないのです。まして話(はな)すことなどとても出来(でき)ません。

Romanji

Furansugo wa yomu koto sae dekinai no desu. mashite hanasu koto nado totemo dekimasen.

Words

フランス語 (フランスご)

French (language)

は (は)

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

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

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

さえ (さえ)

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

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

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

です (です)

be; is

況して (まして)

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)