日本語のおしゃべり

Japanese Language
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「Shika・しか」
NOTE: Shika is only used with negative verbs. It may combine with (follow) dake, nomi, and kiri for further emphasis.

(1.) After nouns, used to indicate there is nothing more than the quantity specified, with the connotation that the quantity is small or unsatisfactory: "only, nothing but, merely."

Examples:
あの店には、この雑誌しかありませんでした。
Ano mise ni wa, kono zasshi shika arimasen deshita.
This was the only magazine at that store.
[The only magazine that store had was this one.]

今は、1300円きりしかもっていないから、とてもフランス料理など食べられないよ。
Ima wa, sen-sanbyaku-en kiri shika motte inai kara, totemo Furansu ryōri nado taberarenai yo.
Since all I have at the moment is ￥1,300, there is no way I can [afford to] eat French food.

Hope this helps, and see you soon, for part 2!

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