iu

Word
言いうiu
Meaning
to say
Part of speech
verb, godan - group 1, intransitive
Pronunciation
Course
Japanese
Lesson
The verb 言う

Usages of iu

”Car”　は　日に本ほん語ご　で　何なんと　言いいます　か？"Car" wa nihongo de nanto iimasu ka?
How do you say "car" in Japanese?
もう　一いっ回かい　言いって　ください。mou ikkai itte kudasai.
Please say it again.
彼かの女じょ　は　それ　を　言いいません　でした。kanojo wa sore o iimasen deshita.
She didn't say that.
彼かれ　は　「空そら　は　青あおい　です」　と　言いった。kare wa 「sora wa aoi desu」 to itta.
He said: "The sky is blue."
彼かれ　は　空そら　が　青あおい　だ　と　言いった。kare wa sora ga aoi da to itta.
He said the sky was blue.
彼かの女じょ　は　「私わたし　の　母はは　は　門もん　を　開あけました」　と　言いいました。kanojo wa 「watashi no haha wa mon o akemashita」 to iimashita.
She said: "My mother opened the gate."
彼かの女じょ　は　自じ分ぶん　の　お母かあさん　が　門もん　を　開あけた　と　言いいました。kanojo wa jibun no okaasan ga mon o aketa to iimashita.
She said her mother opened the gate.
いつも　人ひと　の　悪わる口ぐち　を　言いう。itsumo hito no waruguchi o iu.
(He) always speaks ill of people.
彼かの女じょ　は　いつも　面おも白しろい　事こと　を　言いう　ね。kanojo wa itsumo omoshiroi koto o iu ne.
She always says interesting things, doesn't she?
彼かの女じょ　は　詰つまらない　と　言いって、　テレビ　を　消けした。kanojo wa tsumaranai to itte, terebi o keshita.
She said it was boring and turned off the TV.
彼かれ　が　何なに　を　言いった　か　覚おぼえて　います　か？kare ga nani o itta ka oboete imasu ka?
Do you remember what he said?
彼かの女じょ　は　政せい治じ家か　に　なりたい　と　言いって　います。kanojo wa seijika ni naritai to itte imasu.
She says she wants to become a politician.
彼かれ　に　本ほん当とう　の　こと　を　言いいづらい。kare ni hontou no koto o iizurai.
It's hard to tell him the truth.
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