人間は話す事の出来る唯一の動物だ。

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人間は話す事の出来る唯一の動物だ。

English Translation

Man is the only animal that can talk.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)は話(はな)す事(こと)の出来(でき)る唯一(ゆいいつ)の動物(どうぶつ)だ。

Romanji

Ningen wa hanasu koto no dekiru yuiitsu no dōbutsu da.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

は (は)

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

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)

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

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

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

唯一 (ゆいいつ、ゆいつ)

only; sole; unique

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative