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So I saw this one in one my books and was wondering how it gets translated
into John slept five hours yesterday.

> ジョンさんはきのう五時間しか寝ませんでした.

Any kind of explanation is appreciated, my book maybe covers it? But I can't
seem to find an answer.
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meaning past particle-しか
Meaning of ジョンさんはきのう五時間しか寝ませんでした 。
When you use しか it takes the negative form of the verb. It means that a person
only does that and nothing else. A more accurate translation of your sentence
would be John slept for 5 hours (and did not sleep any longer)

> 水しか飲みません  
>  I only drink water and nothing else
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> チョコレートしか食べません  
>  I only eat chocolate and nothing else

しか is also used with だけ

> 君だけしか守りたくない  
>  I just want to protect you and nobody else
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