彼は、オペラはもちろんのこと、童謡すら歌えない。

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English Translation

Opera! He cannot even sing children's songs!

Furigana

彼(かれ)は、オペラはもちろんのこと、童謡(どうよう)すら歌(うた)えない。

Romanji

Kare wa, opera wa mochiron no koto, dōyō sura utaenai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

オペラ (オペラ)

opera

勿論 (もちろん)

of course; certainly; naturally

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

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

童謡 (どうよう)

children's song; nursery rhyme

すら (すら)

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