Japatan
Formação
- 普通形・「文」 + って(+ 言う・聞く など)
- 普通形 + って(文末: 〜そうだ)
- N + って(〜は・〜というのは)
- N + っていう + N
Explicação
A casual spoken form with several uses. (1) Quoting, instead of と: 'Come home early' って言われた. (2) At the end of a sentence, passing on what you heard (like そうだ). (3) Raising a topic, instead of は or というのは. (4) Instead of という: マリアっていう人. All of these are casual.
Exemplos
田中さん、今日は来られない って。
Tanaka says he can't come today.
母に「早く帰ってきて」って 言われた。
My mom told me, "Come home early."
日本語の「いただきます」って、英語で何と言いますか。
How do you say the Japanese "itadakimasu" in English?
さっき、マリア っていう 人から電話があったよ。
A little while ago, someone called Maria phoned you.
Observações
It is casual, so in reports or work emails use と, という, or そうです instead. Sentence-final って said with rising intonation can also be a question asking what someone said.
Gramática relacionada
Miniquiz
1A「明日の授業、休みだ（ ）。」
B「え、本当？」
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 4 って
A: I heard tomorrow's class is cancelled. B: Really? Sentence-final って passes on information one heard, like そうだ. The other choices cannot follow 休みだ.
2山本さん（ ）人を知っていますか。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 1 っていう
Do you know a person called Yamamoto? Before a noun, っていう replaces という, so 山本さんっていう人 means a person named Yamamoto.
3先生が、明日テストをする（ ）言っていたよ。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 3 って
The teacher said there will be a test tomorrow. This quotes what the teacher said, so って (casual と) is correct. を and が cannot follow a clause directly, and っけ does not fit.
