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I couldn't understand this structure, so I would like an explanation for this
and a translation

日本語を **ずっと前から** 勉強してきて、結局はやめた。
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What does ずっと前から mean?
Translated it means:
[this](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%9A%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A8%E5%89%8D%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89).

And you can break up the parts:

```

    ずっと - for a long time
    前から - from before 
    
```

Put it all together --> Since a long time ago

> I've studied Japanese from a long time ago, but ended up stopping.
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ずっと is an adverb meaning "very".

前 means "past", "before".

ずっと前 means "a long time ago".

ずっと前から means "since a long time ago".
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I'm a native Japanese speaker. "日本語をずっと前から勉強してきて、結局はやめた。" sounds unnatural. I
don't think it is worth learning. It should be like
"日本語をずっと前から勉強してきたが、結局、止めてしまった" or so.

Unfortunately I found the website where the sentence came from contains a lot
of unnatural sentences. I'm afraid they were invented by a non-native speaker.
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