動物は正しいことと間違ったことを区別できない。

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English Translation

Animals cannot distinguish right from wrong.

Furigana

動物(どうぶつ)は正(ただ)しいことと間違(まちが)ったことを区別(くべつ)できない。

Romanji

Dōbutsu wa tadashii koto to machigatta koto o kubetsu dekinai.

Words

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

は (は)

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

正しい (ただしい)

right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

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

と (と)

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

間違う (まちがう)

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

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.

区別 (くべつ)

distinction; differentiation; classification

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