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In Korean if I wanted to say, "Because my dad said, 'You can't go', I couldn't hang out with my friends" how would I say a sentence like this? What's the grammar rule used when you're repeating what someone else says?
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You are welcome!
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감사합니다!!! I never really knew this grammar point, so thanks a bunch
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우리 아버지님은 "너는 갈 수 없어라." 라고 말하셨습니다. 그래서 저는 친구들과 함께 만날 수 없어요.
My father said “You can't go.”. Therefore I couldn't hang out with my friends.
Sorry, I couldn't exactly translate your sentence.
In Korean sentences in indirect speech build as follows:
Subject + Addressee + Sentans + 라고 말하다.
For example: 어머니께서는 저에게 “숙제를 하라.” 라고 말하셨습니다.
Mother said to me “Do homework”.
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haha sorry I meant for this grammar to be translated in Korean
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[[1Because my dad told me not to go, I couldn't go and hang out with my friends]] or
[[2 Because my dad said, 'You can't go', then I couldn't hang out with my friends]]
1 and 2 are good English. As far as I know, 1 is called "indirect speech" (= "reported speech"), and, 2 is called "direct speech. My grammar is not great, so you might want to verify this in a dictionary.
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