11.I.4 伝聞·引用: N1というN2 [N2 called N1]

岡山県の倉敷というところへ行ってきました。

I went to a place called Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture.

我去了岡山縣的倉敷這個地方。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
岡山県	okayama-ken	modifiers	Okayama Prefecture
の	no	particles	possessive marker
倉敷	kurashiki	subject	Kurashiki
という	toyuu	modifiers	called
ところ	tokoro	modifiers	place
へ	e	particles	direction marker
行ってきました	i-t-te-ki-mashi-ta	predicate	went and came back

I am called Kobayashi.

我是叫小林的。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
小林	kobayashi	modifiers	Kobayashi
というもの	toyuu-mono	modifiers	called
です	desu	predicate	is

Is there someone named Rahim?

有一個叫拉希姆的人嗎？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ラヒムさんという	Rahim-san to iu	modifiers	called Mr./Ms. Rahim
方は	kata wa	subject	person (topic marker)
いらっしゃいますか。	irasshaimasuka.	predicate	Is there?

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Momotaro.

從前有個叫桃太郎的男孩。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
むかしむかし	mukashi-mukashi	modifiers	long long ago
桃太郎	momotaro	subject	Peach Boy
という	to iu	particles	called
男の子	otokonoko	modifiers	boy
が	ga	particles	subject marker
いました	i-mashi-ta	predicate	existed

I received a letter from my country’s mother saying that my sister will get married next month.

從國家的母親那收到了一封信，信上說姐姐下個月要結婚。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
国の母	kuni-no-haha	modifiers	mother of the country
から	kara	particles	from
姉	ane	subject	older sister
が	ga	particles	subject marker
来月	raigetsu	modifiers	next month
結婚する	kekkon-suru	predicate	will get married
という	to iu	particles	quotation marker
手紙	tegami	modifiers	letter
が	ga	particles	subject marker
来ました	ki-mashi-ta	verb conjugations	came