Let’s learn Japanese with the official trailer of BORUTO NARUTO THE MOVIE.

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The learning focus on this page is the expressions below.

  • ナルトならできたぞ。
  • 負ける気がしねえ!

You can find them in the video. Go to 0:40 and 1:26.

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Let’s have a look at the expressions more carefully. Scroll down please.

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ナルトならできたぞ。

Meaning: Naruto could have done it.
  • ナルト(na ru to)is Naruto.
  • なら(na ra)means if.
  • できた(de ki ta)means ‘could do’.

できた(dekita)

  • できた is originally できる which means ‘to be able to do’.
  • できた is Plain Past Positive Form of できる.
  • ぞ is a suffix which is usually used by men who want to emphasise what they say.
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負ける気がしねえ!

Meaning: I don’t think I will lose.
  • 負ける(ま・ける/ma ke ru)means ‘to lose’.
  • 気(き/ki)means ‘feeling’.
  • が(ga)is a topic marking particle which doesn’t mean anything.
  • しねえ(shi ne e)means ‘not do’.

しねえ(shinee)

  • しねえ is a slang word and often used by men.
  • しねえ is originally しない.
  • しない is Plain Present Negative Form of する which means ‘to do’.

Verb + 気がする = I feel like A is — ing

  • 負ける気がする (I feel like I am losing.)
  • うまくいく気がする (I feel like it is going well.)
  • しけんにおちる気がする (I feel like I am failing the exam.)
  • ゴールを外す気がする (I feel like I am failing to score a goal.)
  • 雨がふる気がする (I feel like it is going to rain.)

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