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tentyou ha konya no ibento wo tyuusi ni suru to iimasita.

店長てんちょう　は　今夜こにゃ　の　イベント　を　中止ちゅうし　に　する　と　言いいました。tentyou ha konya no ibento wo tyuusi ni suru to iimasita.
The manager said he will cancel tonight’s event.
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Questions & Answers about tentyou ha konya no ibento wo tyuusi ni suru to iimasita.

What is the particle は doing after 店長?
  • は marks the topic: we’re talking about the manager as the context for the sentence.
  • You could also say 店長が言いました to mark the manager as the grammatical subject, often with a nuance like “it was the manager (not someone else) who said it.”
  • 店長は is neutral “as for the manager…,” while 店長が can feel more specific or contrastive depending on context.
Why is の used after 今夜 in 今夜のイベント?
  • 今夜の turns “tonight” into an attributive modifier: “tonight’s event.”
  • Without の, 今夜 can act as a time adverb (see below), but 今夜のイベント explicitly means “the event scheduled for tonight.”
Why is イベント marked with を?
  • を marks the direct object of the action. Here the event is what’s being canceled: イベントを中止にする.
  • The pattern is “X を Y に する” = “to make X into Y.”
What exactly does 中止にする mean, and why に?
  • 中止にする uses the pattern “Noun + に + する” meaning “to make [something] into [Noun]” or “decide on [Noun].”
  • 中止 means “cancellation/stop.” So イベントを中止にする literally is “make the event a cancellation,” i.e., “cancel the event.”
  • に marks the resulting state.
Could I just say 中止する instead? What’s the difference?
  • Yes: イベントを中止する also means “to cancel the event.”
  • Nuance: 中止する is straightforward. 中止にする can sound a bit more like an intentional decision or “we’re making it canceled.” In many contexts they’re interchangeable.
What about 中止になる or 中止となる?
  • 中止になる is intransitive: “to become canceled” = “(it) is canceled,” without naming who canceled it.
  • 中止となる is a more formal version often used in announcements.
  • Use these when you want to avoid or don’t need to state the agent.
Why is と used before 言いました?
  • と is the quotative particle; it introduces the content of speech or thought.
  • It works for both direct and indirect speech. In casual speech, って often replaces と (e.g., 中止にするって言った).
Why is 中止にする in non-past but 言いました is past?
  • Japanese keeps the tense of the reporting verb (言いました, past: “said”) separate from the content tense.
  • 中止にする is non-past, reflecting what was decided/declared at the time of speaking (often future from that time).
  • If the cancellation had already happened at the time of speaking: 中止にしたと言いました.
  • For a direct quoted announcement you might see: 「中止にします」と言いました.
Who is actually canceling the event? Why is there no subject?
  • The subject of する is omitted (common in Japanese). From context, it’s typically “we/they (the store/organizers),” since the manager is speaking for the organization.
  • You could make it explicit: 店長は（店として）今夜のイベントを中止にすると言いました.
Can I change the word order?
  • Yes. Common variants:
    • 店長は「今夜のイベントを中止にする」と言いました。
    • 「今夜のイベントを中止にする」と店長は言いました。
    • Without brackets is also fine in ordinary writing; と marks the quote boundary.
What’s the difference between 言いました, 言っていました, and 言っています?
  • 言いました: simple past (“said”).
  • 言っていました: “was saying” / “had been saying,” suggesting ongoing or repeated saying in the past, or reporting hearsay with a softer tone.
  • 言っています: “is saying” (right now) or “says (habitually).”
How do I make this more honorific/polite when referring to the manager?
  • Use the honorific for “say”: おっしゃいました.
    Example: 店長は今夜のイベントを中止にするとおっしゃいました。
  • If you are talking humbly about yourself saying something, use 申しました/申し上げました.
How would this sound in casual spoken Japanese?
  • 店長が今夜のイベント、中止にするって言ってた。
  • Even shorter: 店長、今夜のイベント中止にするって。
  • Casual speech often uses って and may drop particles when obvious.
Are there other words for “cancel,” and how do they differ?
  • 中止する: cancel/stop an event or plan.
  • 取りやめる: call off/abandon (slightly formal), often for plans/projects.
  • 取り消す / キャンセルする: revoke/rescind a reservation, order, ticket, etc.
  • やめる: “stop/quit” (broad, casual), not the set word for canceling an event.
How do you read and pronounce the words?
  • 店長: てんちょう
  • 今夜: こんや
  • イベント: いべんと
  • 中止: ちゅうし
  • する: する
  • 言いました: いいました (spelled with 言, pronounced いい-)
Could I say 中止だと言いました instead? What’s the nuance?
  • 中止だと言いました means “(he) said it is canceled,” stating the status.
  • 中止にすると言いました emphasizes the act/decision to cancel.
  • Use 中止だ/ですと言いました when announcing a concluded state; 中止にする when declaring the act of canceling.
Why is イベント in katakana?
  • イベント is a loanword from English, and loanwords are typically written in katakana.
Could I say 今夜、イベントを中止にする instead of 今夜のイベントを…?
  • 今夜、イベントを中止にする uses 今夜 as a time adverb: “Tonight, (we) will cancel the event.”
  • 今夜のイベントを中止にする explicitly targets “the event scheduled for tonight.”
  • Both can be understood similarly in context, but the の version makes it clear the event itself is tonight’s event.