你不能喝海水，因为它太咸了。

You can't drink seawater because it is too salty.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
=3 喝 hē
  1. to drink
  2. variant of 嗬 hē
=3 喝 hè to shout
4 海水 hǎishuǐ seawater
5 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
=6 它 tā it
=6 它 tā it (pronoun for an animal)
=6 它 tuō
  1. alternative form of 駝 /驼 (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉／它它借借
=6 它 yí only used in 它它
=7 太 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=7 太 tā
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
=8 咸 Xián surname Xian
=8 咸 xián
  1. all
  2. everyone
  3. each
  4. widespread
  5. harmonious
=8 咸 xián
  1. salted
  2. salty
  3. stingy
  4. miserly
=9 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=9 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=9 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào