外国語は１年やそこらで身につけられるものではない。

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English Translation

A foreign language cannot be mastered in a year or so.

Furigana

外国語(がいこくご)は１年(ねん)やそこらで身(み)につけられるものではない。

Romanji

Gaikokugo wa ichi nen ya sokora de mi ni tsukerareru mono de wa nai.

Words

外国語 (がいこくご)

foreign language

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

其処ら (そこら)

everywhere; somewhere; approximately; that area; around there

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.

身 (み)

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)

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

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix