海の水は塩辛すぎて飲めない。

Sentence Analyzer

海の水は塩辛すぎて飲めない。

English Translation

You can not drink the seawater, for it is too salty.

Furigana

海(うみ)の水(みず)は塩辛(しおから)すぎて飲(の)めない。

Romanji

Umi no mizu wa shiokarasugite nomenai.

Words

海 (うみ、み、わた、わだ)

sea; ocean; waters

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

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

は (は)

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

塩辛い (しおからい、からい)

salty (taste); briny

飲める (のめる)

to be able to drink; to be worth drinking