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He said that she said...

cheri
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He said that she said...

Postby cheri » May 20th, 2009 11:44 am

I tried to explain something along the lines of "he said that she said..." in Korean, and the listener was completely lost. :lol:

How can I best express this? For example, "My mom said that you said you wanted to leave the party early?"

Or "Bob said that you said that I said I didn't like him, but that's not true."
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Postby javiskefka » May 20th, 2009 10:52 pm

I'd consider cheating and translating the first one like:
우리 엄마한테 네가 파티를 나가고 싶었다고 들었어.

The second one's pretty hard...

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cheri
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Postby cheri » May 20th, 2009 11:03 pm

javiskefka wrote:I'd consider cheating and translating the first one like:
우리 엄마한테 네가 파티를 나가고 싶었다고 들었어.

The second one's pretty hard...


Yeah, that's what I ended up doing (~다고 들었다)... but there's gotta be a way? :?:
Attempts to blog in Korean^^
http://cheripracticeskorean.blogspot.com/

Ramblings about things related to (and sometimes not related to) Korea..usually this translates to FOOD^^
http://seoulberry.blogspot.com

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Postby orbiter » May 22nd, 2009 10:09 am

May I try?

"My mom said that you said you wanted to leave the party early?"
"우리엄마는 네가 파티에서 일찍 떠나가고 싶다며?"

"Bob said that you said that I said I didn't like him, but that's not true."
"법은 네가 난 법을 싫다고 말했는데, 그게 친실아닌데요."

정답을 확인해 주세요!!!

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Postby sdyou7 » May 22nd, 2009 10:21 am

"My mom said that you said you wanted to leave the party early?"
"우리 엄마가 네가 파티를 일찍 떠나고 싶다는 말을 했다고 말씀하셨다."

"Bob said that you said that I said I didn't like him, but that's not true."
"밥이 내가 밥을 싫어 한다고 말한 것을 네가 얘기했다고 말했다. 그러나,
그건 사실이 아니야."

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Postby manyakumi » May 25th, 2009 8:42 am

The most colloquial version:

"My mom said that you said you wanted to leave the party early?"
우리 엄마가 그러셨는데 네가 파티에서 일찍 가고 싶다고 했다며?

"Bob said that you said that I said I didn't like him, but that's not true."
밥이 내가 자기를 싫어한다고 네가 그랬다고 얘기하던데 그건 사실이 아니야.


:D

cheri
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Postby cheri » June 9th, 2009 9:52 pm

Thank you :D
Attempts to blog in Korean^^
http://cheripracticeskorean.blogspot.com/

Ramblings about things related to (and sometimes not related to) Korea..usually this translates to FOOD^^
http://seoulberry.blogspot.com

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