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I think that my grandmother will arrive soon.
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I suppose he will be late.
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I think of him as one of my good friends.
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I regarded him as a good teacher.
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Do you think it a bad thing?
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ディック              
Dick says, "I can swim."
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     こと             
We call our father Oyajisan.
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          という  
"Five", says Alex.
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う/う/える/
Basic Examples:
パーティ (I think I'm going to go to the party.)

ってきますいました ("I'm off to school!" said the boy.)

Notes
A is an idea, thought, or something that is heard, asked, said, thought about, etc..
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Grammar usage notes

と can be replaced with a variety of things. For example, って, and っつ (for っていう), which sounds kind of hissy and mad.

いますか。What did you say? (Polite)
っていうの。What did you say? (Casual) (ってう is pronounced ってゆう, despite how it's written)
なんっつうか?! What did you say?! (Pissed off)
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looh
Level: 19
There is a difference in える and う if anybody is wondering

えるis more of the act of thinking, or considering such as
Ex: I'm thinking about it

うis more of opinionated or in a sense of knowing such as
Ex: I think he's right
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Diamondrock
Level: 1
There appear to be some ommisions in the "construction" section...
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16 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 300
Should look better. Thanks!
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looh
Level: 19
Isn't it true that you can replace と with って?
おばあちゃん、もうそろそろつくとおもうよ。->
おばあちゃん、もうそろそろつくっておもうよ。
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15 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 300
Yea - って is a colloquial way of saying と. Feel free to add this as a usage note to the page!
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beckyr16
Level: 1
Studying this as it's own form in Genki 2 とっています。 Should it have it's own grammar section or is it lumped in with these?
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マイコー
Level: 300
What is the definition that it gives for っている, and did genki teach とう separately (and if so, what about the meaning for that one)? I'm curious to see how it separated them.
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beckyr16
Level: 1
っています
Genki says "We use the volitional + とっています to talk about our determinations"

So "I've decided to ____" or "I'm going to ____"

Genki teaches it separately, I think because it uses the volitional form and not simple form.

I could see an argument for either way, really. I was just curious if it would be a different grammar point.
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マイコー
Level: 300
http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=86 :) One of the first ones that went up on the site, just worded a bit differently in the title.
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beckyr16
Level: 1
Hmm. And somehow I've written a sentence for that one and didn't realize it was up there as well. Thanks for the reply.
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Level: 1
I think it's actually easy.
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Merkaber
Level: 68
I've got a questions about using "だ" in front of "と". だとう。 きいとう。 いいとう。 So, when I should put a "だ" in front of?
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10 years ago
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mysticfive
Level: 2007
You should use だ after a noun or a なーadjective
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Karlla
Level: 898
This looks to me like the citational と. But direct or indirect quotation cannot only be spoken but also written down. I found sentences like [b]XY[color=red]と[/color]されている。[/b]/[b]XY[color=red]と[/color]いてある。[/b] for "It is written that XY." Care to add? :-[ -------------------------- In DBJG this category also includes phonomimes -e.g. バタバタとる-, phenomimes -e.g. しっかりとにぎる- and psychomimes -e.g. むっつりとっている-. Do those appear somewhere in the grammar library?
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