How to say it was not until he was forty that he began to study german. in Japanese
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四十四十(shijuu) (n) forty歳歳(toshi) (suf) -years-oldにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.なな(na) (prt) connects adj to noun/indicates emotion or emphasis/command/prohibitionってって(tte) (prt) casual quoting particle/indicates supposition/if ... then/indicates irony/indicates certainty, insistence, etc.初めて初めて(hajimete) (adv,adj-no) for the first time/only after ... is it .../only when ... do you ...彼彼(kare) (ok) that , or something understood without naming it directly)/that person/over there/hey/eh?/thatはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sighドイツドイツ(doitsu) (ateji) germany語語(go) (io) talk/recital/narration/topicをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,学び学び(manabi) (n) learning/study始め始め(hajime) (n-t,n-adv) beginning/start/outset/opening/first/origin/such as .../not to mention ...たた(ta) (aux-v) indicate past completed or action/indicates light imperative。。(。) Japanese period "."
