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Quotations (represented, or quoted, speech) |
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Quoted speech |
| と 言って いました |
They said...
"so speaking were" |
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to itte imashita |
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あたし は 試験 が あります。 |
(Suu speaks:) I have an exam. |
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atashi-wa shiken-ga arimasu. |
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スー さん は、
あたし は 試験 が あります
と 言って いました。 |
Sue said that there would be an exam
tomorrow. Suu san,
"I have an exam"
so have said (she said so). |
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suu san wa,
atashi-wa shiken-ga arimasu
to itte imashita. |
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I think that... / I
don't think that ("I think it's not that...") |
| と 思います |
I think that...
"so thinking" |
| to omoimasu |
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わたし は、
たけし さん は メアリー さん が 好きだ
と 思います。 |
I think Takeshi likes Mary. Me / I,
Takeshi likes Mary,
so thinking. |
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watashi-wa,
takeshi-san-wa mearii-san-ga suki-da
to omoimasu. |
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わたし は、
メアリー さん は たけし さん が 好き じゃ ない
と 思います。 |
I don't think that Mary likes Takeshi. Me
/ I,
Mary likes Takeshi not,
so thinking. |
watashi-wa,
mearii-san-wa takeshi-san-ga suki ja nai
to omoimasu. |
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Casual conversations |
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In the casual conversation use of short forms,
question sentences do not end with the question particle
ga , but with rising intonation alone. |
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The da ending of na-adjectives
and noun+desu construction is usually dropped. |
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In casual conversation, hai (yes) and
iie (no) are often replaced by the less formal un
and uun. |
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Negative requests and "I
like doing..." |