私たち大人は子供の知的で創造的な能力をだめにしてはいけない。

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English Translation

We adults shouldn't destroy the intelligent and creative capacity of children.

Furigana

私(わたし)たち大人(おとな)は子供(こども)の知的(ちてき)で創造的(そうぞうてき)な能力(のうりょく)をだめにしてはいけない。

Romanji

Watashitachi otona wa kodomo no chiteki de sōzōteki na nōryoku o dame ni shite waikenai.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

大人 (おとな、だいにん)

adult

は (は)

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

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

知的 (ちてき)

intellectual

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.

創造的 (そうぞうてき)

creative

だ (だ)

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

能力 (のうりょく)

ability; faculty

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.

駄目 (だめ、ダメ)

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

ば (ば)

if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since