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  2. /Saying only or nothing but with しか
  3. /kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

この 鳥とり は 日に本ほん に しか 住すんで いません。kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.
This bird only lives in Japan.
kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.
From Lesson 327:Saying only or nothing but with しか·Japanese

Breakdown of kono tori wa nihon ni shika sunde imasen.

はwa
topic particle
日に本ほんnihon
Japan
にni
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]
このkono
this ... adnominal
住すむsumu
to live in, to reside
〜て いる〜te iru
grammar for indicating an ongoing state or action
鳥とりtori
bird
しかshika
only, just; nothing but, no more than

Used together with a negative verb.

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