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You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.
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Vocabulary list

ushi
noun
  1. cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
  2. beef (usu. ぎゅう)
  3. Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
uru

te-form

utte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to sell
gyuunyuu
noun
  1. (cow's) milk
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nomu

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

nomenai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine) (呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.)
  2. to smoke (tobacco) (also written 喫む)
  3. to engulf; to overwhelm
  4. to keep down; to suppress
  5. to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
  6. to make light of; to conceal
nomeru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

nomenai
ichidan verb
  1. to be able to drink
  2. to be worth drinking

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