Word
時間 を 止めること は できません。jikan o tomerukoto wa dekimasen.
Meaning
(You) cannot stop time.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Note
Using は in this sentence might be more suitable because it is more all-encompassing than が (it implies that no one can stop time), while が is more specific and might refer to something like being unable to stop time on a personal capacity.Breakdown of jikan o tomerukoto wa dekimasen.
はwa
topic particle
をo
direct object particle
止めるtomeru
to stop ...
できるdekiru
to be able to do
〜こと〜koto
thing; situation; verb nominalizer
時間jikan
time
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