って・つう: Casual Quotation
adept #9
~ 5 Minutes
Introduction
Hello! Welcome to a spoken, casual, slangy lesson. ("Slangy" is a word, believe it or not!) This one will be a fun combo of a few things you've already learned, with some new, supplementary knowledge. Let's get going.
A review, for you (は and と → って)
First up, we should review a couple things you've already learned.
Back in Elementary, we covered how って can be used as a casual topic marker in place of は:
1.1a
マイクは明日何をしますか。
Aaaand... Casual-ify!
1.1b
マイクって明日何する？
In our previous lesson, we also touched on how the quotation marker と can become って or て:
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Homework (Grammar SRS)
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