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- "She said yes."
"She said yes."
Translation:彼女ははいと言いました。
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"と” is a postpositional particle that can be used to mark when someone says something, always coming after the quotation.
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Thanks... Such simple information, and yet leaves those of us out in the cold so frustrated and guessing. Much appreciated.
You can also imagine the「quote」 before the と particle as that’s how longer quotes at least are quoted in Japanese text usually. Eg
彼女は「はい」と言いました。
How would you do a nested quote? i.e. /She said, "he said 'no'..."/
I would assume that you have to include quote marks in that case so that it doesn't become a weird mess of text. Would it be something like: 彼女は「彼は「いいえ」と言いました」と言いました
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I'd alternate the bracket type for the quote within the quote (like you'd do in English as well). You can use 二重かぎ括弧（にじゅうかぎかっこ）"double hook brackets" to clarify it:
彼女は「彼は『いいえ』と言いました」と言いました。
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Why is it 言い now and not 言って? In another sentence "she said yes" was 言って and not 言い. I'm getting increasingly confused
I'm upset it doesn't have support for ”〜と言っていました”、Given that that is (as far as i'm aware) far more natural to speak. You would use ”〜と言いました” For when you weren't there when someone said something, like quoting historical figures, for example. Someone please correct me if i'm wrong!
