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kisaragi

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9 Jan 2004

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• 18 Apr 2007

• #1

Hi all,

I have a friend in Japan, once and a while we send eachother email. I'm just not sure about a phrase:

今度、ともだちと京都の四条という町で遊びます。
その時に京都のしゃしんをとって、送ります。

Well, I can read it:
kondo, tomodachi to kyouto no shijou to iu machi de asobimasu.
sono toki ni kyouto no shashin o totte, okurimasu.

I understand everything except: "iu machi de asobimasu". What does she mean with "iu machi"? Is it something like "The town I was talking about"?
Because I don't understand, I also don't know if I have to interpret asobimasu as 'to play', or 'to visit'?

Many tnx !

 

Ghik

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21 Jan 2007

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• 18 Apr 2007

• #2

I'm quite new to Japanese, but I think I can try to answer about "iu".

"という" means "called", so:
京都の四条という町 = town called 'Kyoto no Shijou' (I don't know what is "shijou")

Am I right?

 

Damicci

先輩

4 Nov 2003

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• 18 Apr 2007

• #3

Ghik, you got it.

という is used to refer to what something is called.

Another example
その雑誌はVIPスタイルというです。
That magazine is called VIP Style.

 

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kisaragi

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9 Jan 2004

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• 18 Apr 2007

• Thread starter
• #4

wow ... that's new to me ... VERY interesting. Opens up a lot of possibilities.

thank you !

 

Nagato

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14 Feb 2007

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• 19 Apr 2007

• #5

Ghik said:

I'm quite new to Japanese, but I think I can try to answer about "iu".

"という" means "called", so:
京都の四条という町 = town called 'Kyoto no Shijou' (I don't know what is "shijou")

Am I right?

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I guess, it's a town in Kyoto.

 

epigene

相変わらず不束者です

10 Nov 2004

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• 19 Apr 2007

• #6

Ghik said:

"という" means "called", so:
京都の四条という町 = town called 'Kyoto no Shijou' (I don't know what is "shijou")

Am I right?

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Close but not exactly.

という points to 四条 only and not Kyoto (it is assumed that the reader knows where Kyoto is).

So, it's more like "a town called Shijou in Kyoto."

HTH!!