using phrase sika (しか） - japanese tutorial

shika usually use to express, only or no more than, it can use for people and things, it can use after subject, object, number or counter, after V.ru (dictionary form), and after some particle . The basic grammar and formula for shika is only one, it's usually use with negative sentence. Here some example

1. use after subject

彼女しか会議のときに遅れませんでした。

Kanojyo sika kaigi no toki ni okuremasendeshita.

Only she was late when meeting begin.

Nobody but she came late at the meeting.

Hanya dia yang terlambat ketika rapat.

 

2. use after object

コーヒしか飲めません。

Ko-hi sika nomemasen.

Only coffee can be drunk.

Hanya kopi yang bisa diminum

村川さんは卵しか食べません。

Murasawasan ha tamago sika tabemasen.

Murasawa eats nothing but egg.

Only egg that Murasawa can eats,

Bpk. Murasawa hanya bisa makan telor.

 

3. use after particle

ここまでしか歩けません。

Koko made sika arukemasen.

It is possible to walk only here.

Hanya bisa berjalan kaki sampai sini

今夜は６時にしか食事しません。

Konya ha 6 ji ni sika syokujisimasen.

It eats only at six o'clock tonight.

(kita) hanya bisa makan sampai jam 6 malam

 

4. after dictionary (v.ru)

この紙で書くしかありません。

Kono kami de kaku sika arimasen,

We can write only with this paper.

Kita hanya bisa menulis dengan kertas ini

 

赤い電車で乗るしか出来ません。

Akai densya de noru sika dekimasen.

It is possible only to get on with a red train.

Hanya bisa pergi dengan kereta merah.

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