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# Observation - Hearsay
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## と聞いた
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Used when you heard something, but not from someone specifically identifiable: general knowledge, a rumour, etc.
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> [!info] Example
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> 彼はバカ==と聞いた==。
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> They say he's an idiot (I've heard that he's an idiot).
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## と言われている
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Used for something you heard by someone identifiable: for example, you were told by someone.
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For nouns, だ is placed before.
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> [!info] Example
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> このレストランのカレーはおいしいだ==と言われています==。
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> The curry of this restaurant is good (someone told me).
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## んだって
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Used to quote something that you heard in a casual conversation.
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🛠 nuance with と言われている?
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Similar in the quotation sense to [[Description#って・って言う・と言う|って]], but here the nuance is that the information is new or unexpected.
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> [!info] Example
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> ワールドカップでアルゼンチンが{勝|か}した==んだって==!
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> Argentina won the world cup! (you just saw it on TV but you were doing something else and are surprised)
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## と聞いた
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Used for something you heard by someone identifiable: for example, you were told by someone.
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Mostly used formally.
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> [!info] Example
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> 彼はバカ==と聞いた==。
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> They say he's an idiot (I've heard that he's an idiot).
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## と言われている
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Used when you heard something, but not from someone specifically identifiable: general knowledge, a rumour, etc.
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For nouns, だ is placed before.
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Mostly used formally.
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> [!info] Example
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> このレストランのカレーはおいしいだ==と言われています==。
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> They say the curry of this restaurant is good.
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## そうだ
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Means "I heard that".
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Do not confuse with [[Observation - looking like#そうだ]].
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Do not confuse with [[Observation - looking like#そうだ]] (no stem modification).
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It is casual.
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> [!info] Examples
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> テストは{難|むず}しい==だそうだ==。
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> テストは{難|むず}しいだ==そうだ==。
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> The exam is said to be difficult.
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## ということだ
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## Summing it up
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🛠 Todo: understand the nuances.
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* ==んだって== used for quotation, similar to って, when the information is new.
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* ==と聞いた== is used for something for something you heard from an identifiable speaker. Is mostly formal.
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* ==と言われている== is used for something for something you heard from an unspecified speaker. Is mostly formal.
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* ==そうだ== is used for hearsay and is casual.
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* ==ということだ== is used for hearsay, when the validity of the information is certain. More formal than そうだ.
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