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と いう
と いう
how to ‘say’
something).
Eg. 私 の 先生 は リーシュマン と 言います。
My teacher is called Leishman.
If we drop it back to the plain form and use it with と we can turn it into the subject of the sentence and
add more information about it. Read this sentence a few times until you feel comfortable with the layout.
Eg. リースマン と 言う 先生 は ちょっと へん です。
(The) teacher called Leishman, is a bit strange.
Write these sentences in English – make sure you deal with the subject (everything in front of the は) first,
before you start to work out the rest of the information.
1. ともき と 言う ともだち は やきゅう が 上手 です。
The sentences can be in any order – keep looking for the subject / topic of the sentence.