Questions tagged [particle-って]
助詞「って」. The Japanese particle tte.
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What is this use of アリだ? [duplicate]
My understand of the sentence is
SWAMが悪い(...)のに he's essentially saying "Despite the fact the SWAM are the ones that failed"
話をすり替えやがって they had the nerve of changing the subject
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What does ぜひにって by itself mean? What is being omitted? [duplicate]
The character is explaining that he got requested by an actress to join a talk show.
なんでも前に僕が出たテレビ番組を見て指名してきたんだそうだ
Is basically "I am told she saw the show I was on and nominated me."
年齢も近いし
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The meaning of って (No quotation, No "even if") [duplicate]
I found a lot of questions about って here, but none helps me to understand the nuance of the following sentence:
ね、あの子の言う少佐って誰のこと？
It does not seem to be the quotation because の言う is already used ...
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Why say 彼らは私の勉強を手伝ってくれる instead of 彼らは勉強を私に手伝う?
Why say
彼{かれ}らは私{わたし}の勉強{べんきょう}を手{て}伝{つだ}ってくれる
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彼{かれ}らは勉強{べんきょう}を私{わたし}に手{て}伝{つだ}う
to say "they help me study"?
What does くれる do in the first sentence? Doesn't it mean "to ...
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I’ve been trying to understand this sentence: かもしれないと思って。
I checked the translation of かもしれないと思って。
It is "I thought it might be".
As far as I know, the 思って is te form of 思う and is used to show a continuation of action, and the past tense form of 思う ...
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What is the use of this ってこともある, oddly placed 大半 and ってことか in this conversation?
These 3 sentences are excerpts from Season 1, Episode 2 of Classroom of the Elite.
Context: 堀北 and 綾小路 are talking to one another about their classmates, during swimming class at school. 堀北 doesn't ...
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って as a particle? [duplicate]
It's as simple as that. Can って be used as a particle, and if so, what does it imply? I saw it in this phrase:
"……ねえお母さん。
僕って、みんなと違うのかな？"
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What verb is omitted in this sentence? 「この船を引き上げよう**って**ヤツは何者だ」
しかし 、この船を引き上げようってヤツは何者だ
after this って, im thinking about 言う or してる, which one is actually the one?
If it's 言う, does it have the literal meaning here as in "to say", or is it just the classic ...
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Sentence ending って used for emphasis/explanation or casual quotations?
General Context Regarding Every Sentence: 蛍(mc of show) just moved from Tokyo, to a small town and she doesn't know anyone real well. All of this is from the show のんのんびより.
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What is the meaning of 「って」 in this context? [duplicate]
I have scoured every article and every related answer in this forum that I can find, but even so I preemptively offer my apologies if this is covered elsewhere. I'm an intermediate Japanese learner, ...
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Does って in this sentence work as a topic marker or have some other meaning?
For clarity: A guy starts speaking in a rude manner to an upperclassman (unknowingly). so the upperclassman's reply is:
いきなりタメ口って
一応 同中の先輩なんだけど
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Well, that's not very polite!
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the usage of て in それて何 [closed]
I saw that それて何 has the same meaning as それが何 but I'm not sure how. What is the usage of て in this sentence?
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What do よって and りゃあ mean in this sentence?
Here is the sentence. It's from a show called midnight diner, its right at the beginning. It's like an intro that plays at the beginning of every episode. I kinda get the gist of what it says but ...
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What is the meaning of って, っけ and んでした in this phrase “完のゲームって、どうなったんでしたっけ”
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I found this phrase in the comment section while I was seeing a video regarding the new switch version of Oregairu Zoku.
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I grasped the meaning of this phrase, that should be ...
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って having another usage beside as a quotation particle?
I encountered this sentence while reading manga:
もし朝飯に嫌いなピーマンが多かったからテンション低いってばれたら...
But I have no idea why the って particle is being used here.
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お弁当作ってもらうってだけでも幸せなのに - って Meaning
って can be for quotation or like topic marking right?
お弁当作ってもらうってだけでも幸せなのに
Deepl Translation: I'm happy just to have someone make me lunch.
If this is like a topic marking use of って which I think it ...
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って used at the end of the sentence, without implicating hearsay nor quoting
I very often see って at the end of a sentence in anime/visual novels, but sometimes, it doesn't convey the idea of hearsay nor is it quoting someone.
I just came by this dialogue in death note, the ...
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Meaning of ってえ in「「いじめ」がどうしたってぇ」
From Yugioh chapter 1,
お前ら「いじめ」がどうしたってぇ
I think it means something like "What did you say about bully?" I am not sure about the どうしたってぇ part, especially ってぇ.
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How should I understand って in 「っていねえし」?
When I first heard 「っていねえし」 or similar phrases used as an expression of surprise when the speaker finds their intended audience is not there any more or doesn't exist to begin with, I thought it was 「...
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What does "っていうのか" mean? [duplicate]
I am reading through the transcript of Madoka Magica episode 5 and I got to the line "何だか私、夢遊病っていうのか。" What does the "っていうのか" do to "夢遊病"?
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Does って have a conditional usage?
I came across this sentence:
そういえばさ、ここら辺に出るって噂のところがあるらしいじゃん？ 行ってみない？
I'm not so sure about the って usage in the 出るって part, so I checked the dictionary and found out that って can also indicate a ...
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Function of a って at the end of a sentence?
と、菅沼教諭が士道の手から握力計を取ると、それを様々な角度から、矯めつ眇めつした。
そして、はあと息を吐く。
「あー……多分、バネ部分の金属疲労だな。昔から使ってたやつだからガタが来てたんだろう。大丈夫だったか五河」
「え？ はあ……」
士道が答えると、ごくりと息を吞んでいた生徒たちの雰囲気が一気に緩んだ。
「あーあ、なんだよ、驚かせやがって」
「まあ、そりゃそうだよな、...
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What is the meaning of「って」here? [duplicate]
I have hard time following the dialogue by a single character from a certain manga.
貴方は安達垣愛姫を選ぶ
でも、それは復讐のため
恋じゃない
でしたら、わたくしと恋をしたって
浮気にはなりませんでしょう?
How can I understand the fourth and fifth sentence? ...
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What does the って mean here? [duplicate]
女: 先輩、来週、海外出張なんですが、特にしておいたほうがいいことって、ありますか。
I read somewhere on this site って can mean と言ってる. Is this correct translation/thinking?
Senpai, next week, since we have the overseas business trip, is there ...
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What's the function of て and の in this sentence " これって英語でなんて言うの"
Is the second て here used for the meaning of 'via'? I searched 'なんて', found it is usually to express emotional feelings and may not fits this sentence. But for 'via', shouldn't it be 'で'?
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って at the end of sentence
What does this って actually mean? I've got 2 translations in my head:
というのは
と(quotative) but I can't translate this. I only know that 「犬が驚いたらしくって」means the dog looked surprised.
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meaning of って (Dragon maid related)
I was wondering what this って at the beginning of Elma's second line could mean.
Thanks for reading 😊
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避けられたらなって思う unsure about the なって [duplicate]
I’ve been playing Final Fantasy 8 on the switch in Japanese and I’ve come across a sentence that has stumped me.
After Squall tells Rinoa that he may have to kill Seifer in a possible prospective ...
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What is the difference between というのは or は when used as a topical marker?
旅館の朝食って おいしいですよね
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The speaker and his friends (whom are all Japanese) were on a trip to a Japanese Inn, arriving at night. The next day, they woke up to have breakfast.
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How to go about differentiating って meaning [duplicate]
にしかたって字は書けなきゃダメでしょう
(にしかた is a surname)
How do I differentiate whether this って is used to quote "にしかた” or if it is used to act as a topic marker as a replacement for は?
However, in this sentence, ...
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って meaning in this sentence? [duplicate]
I'm very new to Japanese and I'm trying to figure out the usage of 'って' in the following sentence:
変な事聞くけど、君 漢字って得意？
This may sound strange, but are you good at Kanji?
The only use of って I have ...
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Rise in pitch right before quotative って?
On the last mora of reported speech, right before って, I sometimes hear a high pitch (or maybe stress) where I would normally not expect one. If there is a ない in front of the って, for example, I often ...
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"女の子の名前で雪花って変ですか？" "de" and "tte" usage
女の子の名前で雪花{ゆきか}って変ですか？
I came across this question title on a Japanese site while doing some digging about mixing kun and on readings for names, and I understand the overall meaning but I'm confused ...
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Why use と言っている instead of と言います？
In the following sentence:
アカネは菜食主義者だと言っているが、魚は食べる。
それって、筋が通るかな？
Why it uses the てform of the verb 言う and not its ますform?
If I wanted to say the same sentence but in the past tense should I use ...
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Help with a lyric from Psycho Pass Ending
I was reading the lyrics from All alone with you by EGOIST, helping myself with translations to learn some japanese, but there's something that confuses me. When it says
神さま気取りの人が言うの
ねえ 人は強いって
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Function of って in this sentence
俺のことは、みんなと同じように親父とでも呼んでくれや。親父のように強くたくましく頼りになるってな。
Is the speaker quoting what other people have said about him?
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Use of って when quotation doesn't make sense
I'm playing through a game right now and I'm seeing って used at the end of sentences a lot. I know って can be a shorthand version of the と particle, but it doesn't make sense as nobody is being quoted ...
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What does からって mean?
Sentence is: 世界に出たからってファイナルまで残んなきゃ稼げねーし
I mostly understand the meaning "We can't make money unless we make it to the finals in the world championships" but what does the からって do here?
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What does「電車に乗ってたらなんだっていうんだろね」mean in this context?
For context, in the light novel Hige wo Soru, Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou's chapter 12:
the main character Yoshida leaves for work and his friend Sayu is left alone at their apartment. He's thought ...
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The meaning of a て-form verb at the end of this sentence
There are many explanations of t-form at the end of the sentence on internet like:
1) Connecting to other clauses, or if there is no continuation, expressing that you want to continue.て form at end ...
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What does って at the start of a sentence mean?
胸が小さい女子って、そのコトを気にしてる場合が多いらしいぜ。
って、３組の木村さんが…！！
From https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2019/01/rashii-meaning.html?m=1
The site says it means (is what Kimura from the class 3 [said]!!)
I feel it'...
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Sentence starting with て?
I was listening to this podcast on Himalaya (Link given below) and I came across this sentence which starts with て, I'm not sure why it starts with て, can anyone please explain this? Also I'm not sure ...
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The past tense for the quoting particle って
I have this sentence in front of me
耳元で男の人の声がするのが耐えられないって
which is translated as:
she said she couldn't stand hearing a male voice near her ear.
If I am right, here, って is actually translated ...
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I'm wrestling with the first って in 借金が雪だるま式に増えてってるって噂だよ
The sentence in question:
借金が雪だるま式に増えてってるって噂だよ
My best guess is that the first って is a contracted from of いる. Whatever it is that we're addressing seems to be suffering from a financial crisis. ...
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usage of ぎりで in this sentence
どのくらいって、山と田地が少しあるぎりで、金なんかまるでないんでしょう
これは夏目漱石の「こころ」の中の一文です。
この「ぎりで」の意味や使い方が分かりません。
Googleでも、「あるぎりで」を使う文章は相当に少ないです。
これらは「ぎりで」に関するページですが、
https://thesaurus.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%8E%E3%82%8A%E3%81%...
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やっぱりここって construction, meaning
A and B have ended up in past, but maybe sure yet, although they have seen people that look like the younger versions of people they know. We pick back up with them with A saying this and B responding....
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Understanding 人ってオーラって言うじゃない
Can any one please tell me how should one understand “人ってオーラって言うじゃない” in the below sentence? What’s the role of って after 人, I know it’s a colloquial form of と, but it’s a quoting particle, used for ...
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Whats is the meaning of って in this?
あんたそりゃ「押しかけ女房」ってやつだな
I undestand this like: "Youre that "Oshikake niyoubou" guy" (if I'm wrong please tell me) but I cant understand the meaning of って
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what does this のって mean?
For context, Person A admires the new bag of person B. Person B bought it on the internet. here is Persons A's response:
えっ、インターネットで買い物するのって危なくないですか。
I don't know what this のって is supposed to mean....
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