...to iu koto desu / ...to iu no desu I think that tese two ezpressions can mean the same thing, but I am not sure. Tanaka-san wa Osaka ni iku to iu koto desu. Somebody said~/ says that Tanaka is

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...to iu koto desu / ...to iu no desu I think that tese two ezpressions can mean the same thing, but I am not sure. Tanaka-san wa Osaka ni iku to iu koto desu. Somebody said~/ says that Tanaka is going to Osaka. Tanaka says that he is going to Osaka. Tanaka-san wa Osaka ni iku to iu no desu. Somebody said / says that Tanaka is going to Osaka. Tanaka says that he is going to Osaka.

Aug 12, 2011 3:17 AM

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They're almost the same, but not quite. ~Tanaka-san wa Osaka ni iku to iu no desu. to iu koto desu. = something people say; it may or may not be Tanaka who said it ~Tanaka-san wa Osaka ni iku to iu no desu. = suggests that Tanaka said this; but it could be somebody else, all depending on context So you see, Japanese isn't as easy as abc.

August 12, 2011

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