パターソン博士：とんでもない。ココがゴリラは利口で手話を覚えられることを私たちに教えてくれました。

Sentence Analyzer

パターソン博士：とんでもない。ここがゴリラは利口で手話を覚えられることを私たちに教えてくれました。

English Translation

Dr. Patterson: Not at all! Koko has taught us that gorillas are intelligent enough to learn sign language.

Furigana

パターソン博士(はかせ)：とんでもない。ココがゴリラは利口(りこう)で手話(しゅわ)を覚(おぼ)えられることを私(わたし)たちに教(おし)えてくれました。

Romanji

Pata-son hakase tondemonai. koko ga gorira wa rikō de shuwa o oboerareru koto o watashitachi ni oshietekuremashita.

Words

博士 (はかせ、はくし)

doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title); expert; learned person

トンデモ (トンデモ、とんでも)

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

が (が)

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

ゴリラ (ゴリラ)

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

は (は)

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

利口 (りこう)

clever; intelligent; wise; bright; sharp; sensible; smart; shrewd; well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good; good (with words)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

手話 (しゅわ)

sign 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.

覚える (おぼえる)

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember; to learn; to pick up; to acquire; to feel; to think; to regard

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct