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Malito
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I said...you said!

Postby Malito » May 20th, 2008 5:20 pm

こんにちは、みなさん!

How you would simply say...

I said...
You said...
He/She said...
OR
Say it!

For example:

I said I will go.
You said you didn't go.
He/She said he/she didn't want to eat.
OR
Hurry up and say it! / Just say it!

I hope this was clear enough. Thank you all in advance for your help and cooperation.

Sean
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Postby Sean » May 20th, 2008 6:32 pm

To give a couple of suggestions (if anyone notices any mistakes, feel free to correct them):

I said I will go.
(私が)行くって言った。
(私が)行くと言いました。

You said you didn't go.
(あなたは)行かなかったって言ったじゃない?
(あなたは)行かなかったと言いましたでしょう?

He/She said he/she didn't want to eat.
(あの人は)食べたくないって言ったんだ。
(あの人は)食べたくないと言ったのです。

Hurry up and say it! / Just say it!
早く言え!/いいから言え!
早く言ってください!

I think most of the time, if it's clear what/who you're talking about, you can get away with not saying straight out who said something.

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Malito
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Postby Malito » May 20th, 2008 8:50 pm

Thank you for that super quick reply, lol!

I'm sorry for not mentioning this earlier but I can't read Kanji yet (working on it), only Kana or romaji.

If it's not too much trouble, could you re-post that information in hiragana or romaji, please?

Thanks and apologies for all the trouble.

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Postby Sean » May 20th, 2008 10:33 pm

Sure:

(私が)行くって言った。
(わたしが)いくっていった。
(Watashi ga) iku tte itta.

(私が)行くと言いました。
(わたしが)いくといいました。
(Watashi ga) iku to iimashita.

(あなたは)行かなかったって言ったじゃない?
(あなたは)いかなかったっていったじゃない?
(Anata wa) ikanakatta tte itta janai?

(あなたは)行かなかったと言いましたでしょう?
(あなたは)いかなかったといいましたでしょう?
(Anata wa) ikanakatta to iimashita deshou?

(あの人は)食べたくないって言ったんだ。
(あのひとは)たべたくないっていったんだ。
(Ano hito wa) tabetaku nai tte itta 'n da.

(あの人は)食べたくないと言ったのです。
(あのひとは)たべたくないといいたのです。
(Ano hito wa) tabetakunai to itta no desu.

早く言え!/いいから言え!
はやくいえ!/いいからいえ!
Hayaku ie!/Ii kara ie!

早く言ってください!
はやくいってください!
Hayaku itte kudasai!

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but...

Postby sodapple » May 21st, 2008 2:19 am

:? If I want to say: "she said that he said that I am intelligent" ? any can help me too?

皆さん, ありがとうございます
:wink: またね!がんばれえ!

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Postby jkeyz15 » May 21st, 2008 5:27 am

Translations can differ with nuance or conversation...blah blah

My go:
(彼女は)彼が私は頭がいいと言ったと言いました

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Postby Malito » May 21st, 2008 4:38 pm

A BIG doumo arigatou gozaimasu, Sean-san! That was very helpful.

I thought it might be something like "...to iimasu", but wasn't sure. I only came to that conclusion because of the "...to omoimasu" construction.

Thanks for both the formal and informal version. I didn't think to ask for the informal knowing I would want to know it.

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Postby Sean » May 22nd, 2008 6:59 pm

I think it's worth remembering と/to often goes with verbs like 言う・思う・聞く・考える [ii/omou/kiku/kangaeru]. I saw someone online liken と/to to 'that' in English ('said that...', 'thought that...', 'heard that...'), which I personally found helpful when trying to remember it.

@ "she said that he said that I am intelligent"

Could you use によって・によると [ni yotte/ni yoru to] for what 'she said'? Like:

彼女によると、彼は「私は頭がいい」と言いました。
かのじょによると、かれは「わたしはあたまがいい」といいました。
Kanojo ni yoru to, kare wa 'watashi wa atama ga ii' to iimashita.

彼女から彼は「私は頭がいい」と言ったと聞きました。
かのじょからかれは「わたしはあたまがいい」といったとききました。
Kanojo kara kare wa 'watashi wa atama ga ii' to itta to kikimashita.

Not exactly 'She said...', but but you still get the information.

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arigatou

Postby sodapple » May 22nd, 2008 8:17 pm

jkeyz15さんとSeanさん,本当にありがとうございます!:ojigi:

:wink: またね!

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Postby Sean » May 24th, 2008 9:52 pm

To add another suggestion, could の話だと work as well?

彼女の話だと、彼は私は頭がいいと思うらしい(です)。
かのじょのはなしだと、かれはわたしはあたまがいいとおもうらしい(です)。
Kanojo no hanashi da to, kare wa watashi wa atama ga ii to omou rashii.

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