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皆さんこんにちは！I noticed a request from blogger @studytaken​ (great blog by the way! ) to talk about  how to use　という. Because I am still learning too, I didn’t know much about it. So I went and did some research. From what I have learned という has a few different ways of being used. I’ll do my best to explain using it as: “to say” , and as “is called” , and finally as “so that means”

と言う as “to say”

In this case と works kind of like quotation marks and いう  (most commonly written as 言う in this case)  means “to say” .  

Here’s the formula: “noun+は 「quote」と言う。

1.) 姉は「眠いです」と言った。-> ane wa “nemui desu” to itta. -> My sister said “I’m sleepy”

2.) 山田さんは「出てくれ！」と言いました。-> Yamada san wa “detekure!” to iimashita. -> Mr./Ms. Yamada said “get out!”

という as “to be/ is called”

This is to be used when introducing information that you don’t think your conversation partner already knows.

for example:

“Have you seen the movie Passengers?”

Passengersという映画を見ましたか。

1.)先週私はザグッドプレースというレストランに行きました。->senshuu watashi wa za guddo pureesu to iu resutoran ni ikimashita -> Last week I went to restaurant called The Good Place

2.) 私はノエルと言います。-> Watashi wa noeru to iimasu -> I am (called) Noelle.

3.)あそこでプーキーという犬がいます。-> asoko de puukii to iu inu ga imasu. -> There is a dog called Pookie over there.

ということは as “so that means...”

Another useful application of という(ことは) is when you want to understand or clarify what something means.  

So if you want to clarify what someone said to you without repeating the information given :

A: 僕は時間がありませんでした。-> Boku wa jikan ga arimasen deshita. -> I didn’t have any time.

B: ということは、宿題をしませんでしたということ？ -> to iu koto wa, shukudai wo shimasen deshita to iu koto? -> So that means, you didn’t do your homework, right?

If you want to just explain what you mean, or repeat the information:

2.) 三千円だけがあるということは、いい車を買うは出来ません。-> sanzen en  dake ga aru so iu koto wa, ii kuruma wo kau wa dekimasen.  ->I only have 3,000 yen so that means I cannot buy a good car.

I hope I have explained these points clearly, and as always please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes! Followers, if you know anything else about the proper usage of という please let me know! Lets all help each other out :)

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