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日本語で 'My friend said to me that he couldn't come' 何ですか I wanna learn how to say 'My friend said to me' ' I said to my friend'. Thanks for all the help. 言う is a bit difficult for me to understand!

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say = 言います(polite form)、言う(normal form) said = 言いました(polite form)、言った(normal form) 'My friend said to me" is 友だちが私に言いました。or 友だちが私に言った。 'I said to my friend" is 私が友だちに言いました。or 私が友だちに言った。 Hope this helps!
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In this case, you could say, 私の友達が来れないと言った。(わたし の ともだち が これない と いった) In English it would be, "my friend said that he can't come". When you want to quote what someone else said you can always say -と 言った or -って 言った (very informal). and you always add it after whatever the person said. 言う has a lot of other usage as well, for example when you want to say "it's called". Ex: "I'm called David" "ダヴィドと言います" It's a very useful word ^_^ I hope this was helpful!
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¡Buena pregunta! Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con Kumiko-san. :)

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