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How Would You Say ... "What did she say?"

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schwing
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How Would You Say ... "What did she say?"

Postby schwing » February 1st, 2007 2:58 am

How would you say this? More in the context like ... "so, what did she say?" as in talking to a friend who was going to ask a girl out.

Also, how would you follow up with ... "she said 'yes'."

I thought maybe hanasu would be the correct verb, but I've only seen it with "to speak" as in languages, so it didn't feel right.

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Tom
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Postby Tom » February 1st, 2007 6:12 am

iu is to say. You use the particle to to mark what was said, is being said, etc. My conversational Japanese is non-existent, so the closest to so, what did she say? that I can get is what did she say?

I would translate it as kanojo wa nan to iimashita ka. However, since you're asking how they answered a question, you may mean to use the verb kotaeru, meaning to answer. In that case, it just becomes kanojo wa nan to kotaemashita ka.

Going out on a limb, she said 'yes' might be translated as hai to kotaemashita.

And you were right about hanasu. I think it's better translated as to speak than to say.
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Postby brianca » February 5th, 2007 6:17 am

なん と いった? (nan to itta?) Is a pretty good way. The topic is going to be pretty obvious, so drop it. Since you're talking to a friend, you'd probably drop the polite conjugation as well. You'll hear 'na to itta?' a lot in movie and tv show. A lot of times it's used in shock like, "What did you just say to me?" The intonation should make it clear what you mean.

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