言語能力は後天的ではなく、生まれつきです。

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English Translation

Linguistic competence is inborn, not acquired.

Furigana

言語(げんご)能力(のうりょく)は後天的(こうてんてき)ではなく、生(う)まれつきです。

Romanji

Gengo nōryoku wa kōtenteki de wa naku, umaretsuki desu.

Words

言語 (げんご、ごんご、げんきょ)

language

能力 (のうりょく)

ability; faculty

は (は)

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

後天的 (こうてんてき)

a posteriori; acquired

だ (だ)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

生まれつき (うまれつき)

by nature; by birth; native

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

言

Readings: ゲン、ゴン、い.う、こと

Meanings: say, word

語

Readings: ゴ、かた.る、かた.らう

Meanings: word, speech, language

能

Readings: ノウ、よ.く

Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity

力

Readings: リョク、リキ、リイ、ちから

Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

後

Readings: ゴ、コウ、のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れる

Meanings: behind, back, later

天

Readings: テン、あまつ、あめ、あま-

Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial

的

Readings: テキ、まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth