〜っこない~kkonai

How it works

1. 

   Can you memorize this many words in one week? Look at the picture and think about why the speaker is certain it cannot be done.

2. 

   「っこない」 strongly rules out a possibility. It means “there is absolutely no way,” with a very firm tone.

3. 

   This is an everyday spoken expression. Even with 「です」 at the end, the strong negative tone remains.

4. 

   It expresses the speaker’s judgment. Telling someone “you could never do that” can sound presumptuous.

5. 

   In the example, the pattern is 分かります→分かり＋っこない. Remove 「ます」.

6. 

   「説明だけでは」 sets a condition: the speaker believes an explanation alone cannot possibly make the difference clear.

7. 

   「覚えられっこない」 uses the potential form: 覚えられる→覚えられます.

8. 

   Then remove 「ます」: 覚えられ＋っこない. 「られ」 comes from the potential form.

9. 

   Saying 「何年たっても覚えられっこない」 firmly asserts that you could never memorize them, no matter how many years pass.

Example sentences

• 擬音ぎおんgion語ごgoをo一日いちにちichinichiでde全部ぜんぶzenbu覚えられっこないですおぼえられっこないですoboerarekkonaidesu

  There is no way you can memorize all the onomatopoeia in a single day.

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In a conversation

• A
  「擬音ぎおん語ごと擬態ぎたい語ごって、全部ぜんぶ覚えられる？」おぼえられる

  A: "Can you memorize all the onomatopoeia and mimetic words?"

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• B
  「一いち週間しゅうかんで全部ぜんぶ
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Check yourself

1. Level 1 · Recognise

   Which sentence is correct?

   A作者の込めた深さは、解説なしで理解しっこないと思う。B作者の込めた深さは、解説なしで理解できないと思う。C作者の込めた深さは、解説なしで理解しっこないと思えます。D作者の込めた深さは、解説なしで理解しっこないと考える。

2. Level 1 · Recognise

   Listen and choose the meaning

   AThere's no way I could handle a nerve-racking presentation all by myself.BThere's no way I can go home through a sudden rain without an umbrella.CIf you eat vegetables you dislike every day, you'll come to like them.DIt's hard to remember all of tomorrow's plans.

3. Level 2 · Build

   Put the words in order

   There's no way I could memorize all the onomatopoeia in one day.

   覚えられっこないですないでした一日に擬音語を全部一日で
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4. Level 3 · Use

   What goes in the blank?

   擬音語を一日で全部覚えられ____です。

   There's no way you can memorize all onomatopoeia in one day.

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More grammar in this theme

• 〜っこないabsolutely impossible

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