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Learn Japanese: iu - to say

Japanese
/The verb 言う
/iu

iu

Word

言いうiu

Meaning

to say

Part of speech

godan - group 1, intransitive, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

The verb 言う

Breakdown & Usages Conjugations

Breakdown of iu

Only after a dot is pronounced by three mouths does it become a word.

Usages of iu

”Car”　は　日に本ほん語ご　で　何なんと　言いいます　か？"Car" ha 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.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

彼かの女じょ　は　それ　を　言いいません　でした。kanozyo ha sore wo iimasen desita.

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 ha 「sora ha 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 ha 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。kanozyo ha 「watasi no haha ha mon wo akemasita」 to iimasita.

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。kanozyo ha zibun no okaasan ga mon wo aketa to iimasita.

She said her mother opened the gate.

いつも　人ひと　の　悪わる口ぐち　を　言いう。itumo hito no waruguti wo 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。kanozyo ha itumo omosiroi koto wo 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。kanozyo ha tumaranai to itte, terebi wo kesita.

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 wo 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。kanozyo ha seizika 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 wo iidurai.

It's hard to tell him the truth.

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