Saturday, March 17, 2018

という

The wonderfully vague という can be used at the end of a sentence to indicate that what was previously said was not firsthand information.

ロンドンの大英博物館には、約700万点のコレクションがあるという。
At the British Museum in London, it's said that there's a roughly 7 million piece collection.

私達通ってる学校のことは国で一番頭がいい学生がいるという。
It's said that the school we attend has the most intelligent students in the country.

世界で最も観光客が多い国はフランスで、一年に700万人以上の人が訪れるという。
They say that the country that has the most tourists in the world is France, and that over 7 million people visit there a year.

リーさんが東京で一番強い男の人だという。
They say that Lee-san is the strongest man in Tokyo.

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