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At first, he could not speak English at all.
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Vocabulary list

saisho
no adjective, noun, adverb
  1. beginning; outset; first; onset
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
zenzen
adverb
  1. (not) at all; (not) in the slightest (with neg. sentence)
  2. wholly; entirely; completely; totally (neg. context, e.g. 全然反対)
  3. extremely; very (pos. context, e.g. 全然いいよ)
eigo
noun, no adjective
  1. English (language)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
hanasu

Potential Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

hanasenakatta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
  2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
  3. to speak (a language)
hanaseru

Plain Past Indicative Negative Form

hanasenakatta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able to speak; to be able to talk
  2. to be understanding; to be sensible

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