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Learn Hardcore Japanese: iu - to say; to tell

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 30
/iu

iu

Word

言いうiu

Meaning

to say; to tell

Part of speech

group 1, verb

Pronunciation

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Usages of iu

母はは　は　私わたし　が　病気びょうき　に　ならない　よう　に、　夜よる　は　早はやく　寝ねる　よう　に　言いいます。haha wa watashi ga byouki ni naranai you ni, yoru wa hayaku neru you ni iimasu.

My mother tells me to go to bed early at night so that I don’t get sick.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

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