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Zach

ここのパソコンはシステムを変えることができないので何もできない。

Sentence Analyzer

ここ パソコン システム 変える こと できない ので できない

English Translation

Since the computer here can't change the system, I can't do anything.

Furigana

ここのパソコンはシステムを()えることができないので(なに)もできない。

Romanji

Koko no pasokon wa shisutemu o kaeru koto ga dekinai node nani mo dekinai.

Words

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 ...
()
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
パソコン (パソコン)
personal computer
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
システム (システム)
system
()
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.
変える (かえる)
to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend
(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
()
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
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what