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  1. Japanese
  2. /Even if and even though with 〜て も and で も
  3. /kare wa nihonjin de mo, nihongo ga hanasemasen.

kare wa nihonjin de mo, nihongo ga hanasemasen.

彼かれ は 日に本ほん人じん で も、 日に本ほん語ご が 話はなせません。kare wa nihonjin de mo, nihongo ga hanasemasen.
Even though he's Japanese, he can't speak Japanese.

Breakdown of kare wa nihonjin de mo, nihongo ga hanasemasen.

はwa
topic particle
日に本ほん人じんnihonjin
Japanese (person)
がga
subject particle
日に本ほん語ごnihongo
Japanese (language)
話はなすhanasu
to speak
彼かれkare
he
で もde mo
Even if; even though; (after nouns and na-adjectives)
〜える; 〜られる〜eru; 〜rareru
potential form

For verbs in Group 1, change the final う-sound into an え-sound, and add -る as ending.

For verbs in Group 2, change the -る ending into -られる.

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