“He/she/they say…“ (といいます) Indirect Quotation in Japanese, Grammar 107

JapaneseLily · 1 Oct 2022

In this video, we'll learn HOW to QUOTE what someone has said in Japanese.

You will also learn the difference between Direct Quotation and Indirect Quotation with lots of examples so that you can understand them easily by the end of this video.

mdchachi · 2 Oct 2022

This is very interesting. I never heard/thought about this.
If I understand correctly, even if your friend actually said "行かない" if you wanted to quote them directly you would say "行きません"?
What if you wanted to quote them accurately including their tone.

For example, if your friend actually said お前は馬鹿野郎 and you wanted to quote them you would say
友達は「お前は馬鹿野郎です」と言いました?

JapaneseLily · 2 Oct 2022

mdchachi said:
This is very interesting. I never heard/thought about this.
If I understand correctly, even if your friend actually said "行かない" if you wanted to quote them directly you would say "行きません"?
What if you wanted to quote them accurately including their tone.

For example, if your friend actually said お前は馬鹿野郎 and you wanted to quote them you would say
友達は「お前は馬鹿野郎です」と言いました?

Yes, you are right Your example sentence is quite unique

musicisgood · 3 Oct 2022

Thanks for posting this video.

JapaneseLily · 3 Oct 2022

musicisgood said:
Thanks for posting this video.

It's so kind of you

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