Speech & Quotation

概要

この章では「Speech & Quotation」に関わる日本語の文型をまとめて練習します。ルールを個別に覚えるだけでなく、実際の文の中でどう働くかまでつかめるようにするための章です。

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この章のJapanese Grammar Intermediate (11)

1. ～と (quotation) と A quotation particle used to mark what someone said, thought, asked, or felt. It connects the quoted content to a verb of communication o...
2. ～ということは ということは A phrase that nominalizes a preceding clause and turns it into a topic, meaning 'the fact that...' or 'that means...' It is used to draw ...
3. ～というのは～ことだ というのは～ことだ A structure used to define, interpret, or explain the meaning of a word, phrase, or concept. It means 'what X means is...' or 'X refers t...
4. ～というより（は） というより A phrase used to correct or refine a characterization, meaning 'rather than saying X' or 'more than X.' It suggests that a different desc...
5. ～と言うと というと A phrase used when something someone mentioned triggers a thought, association, or memory. It means 'speaking of...' or 'when you say...'
6. ～と言っても といっても A phrase used to clarify or downplay a preceding statement that might give a misleading impression. It means 'even though I say...' or 'h...
7. ～などと などと A compound particle that indicates an approximate or dismissive quotation of words, thoughts, or ideas. It means 'something like...' or '...
8. ～とかで とかで A conjunction used to give an uncertain or hearsay reason for something. It means 'I heard it's because...' or 'apparently because...' an...
9. ～のこと のこと A structure meaning 'about X' or 'things relating to X.' It turns a noun into the topic or object of discussion, thought, or feeling.
10. ～のことだから のことだから A phrase meaning 'knowing X as I do' or 'because it's X we're talking about.' It draws on the speaker's knowledge of someone's habitual c...
11. ～のは～のことだ のは～のことだ A structure that focuses on the specific time when an event took place. It means 'it was (time) that (event happened)' and is used to pin...