Breakdown of Он сказал, что типа забыл про встречу.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
встреча
meeting
сказать
to tell, to say
что
that (conjunction)
забыть
to forget (perfective)
типа
like, sort of (colloquial)
Questions & Answers about Он сказал, что типа забыл про встречу.
The lesson is about 'мол' and 'якобы'. How does 'типа' fit in here?
While типа is famously used as the slang filler word 'like', in reported speech it often functions just like мол or якобы. It means 'supposedly' or 'allegedly,' showing you are passing along his excuse but perhaps distancing yourself from it or doubting it.
Could I use 'мол' instead of 'типа' here?
Yes, but the sentence structure would change slightly. Because мол heavily implies reported speech all on its own, you usually drop что. You would say Он сказал, мол, забыл про встречу. The word типа is much more informal and modern, and it happily sits right after что.
Why is there no subject after 'что'? Shouldn't it be 'что он типа забыл'?
In conversational Russian, when the subject of the main clause and the subordinate clause is the exact same person, the second pronoun is often dropped. Saying что он типа забыл is perfectly correct, but dropping the second он makes it sound faster and more natural in casual speech.
Why does the sentence use 'про встречу' instead of 'о встрече'?
Both mean 'about the meeting,' but про followed by the accusative case is much more conversational than о with the prepositional case. Since this sentence uses the slangy word типа, the casual про matches the informal tone of the sentence perfectly.
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