Structure
とても + Verb[ない]
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About とても~ない
- その考え方はとても理解できない。I cannot understand that way of thinking at all.
- 彼はいつも嘘ばかり言うから、彼の言う事はとても信じられない。He always just lies, so I cannot trust what he says at all.
- 彼に子供ができたの!?彼が親になることを想像するのはとても無理だ。He has a baby coming? I cannot imagine him becoming a parent at all.
- どこの航空会社も今はチケットを売っていないから、旅行をするのがとても無理だ。No airline company is selling airline tickets, so it is not possible to travel at all.
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とても考えられない。
I cannot think of it at all.
とても観光できない。
I cannot do any sight-seeing at all.
とても観察できない。
I cannot do any observations at all.
とても完成させられない。
I cannot complete it at all.
とても記憶できない。
I can't memorize anything at all.
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とても~ない – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (5 in total)
Arashi
About 4 years ago
Thank you for your reply. Maybe it will help me to clarify which is needed during reviews But I admit, the existence of 全然 in this case is not helpful at all I think I need to go back to theory and study once more differences between these expressions.
Aythreuk
About 3 years ago
Should 「とっても」 be a possible answer in any of these 「とても」 related grammar points?
The more I think about it, the more it doesn’t seem to matter.Pushindawood
About 3 years ago
@Aythreuk Hey! While とっても and とても are normally interchangeable, with とっても generally adding more emphasis/being stronger than とても, it is better to use とても in this structure as it is closer to a set phrase (とても〜ない rather than just とても). とっても can also be considered more colloquial/spoken than とても and should be avoided in written language. That being said, we weren’t catching とっても for this grammar point, so I have updated the answers that throw hints/warnings to display the above information. Cheers!
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