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長い引用の作る方法を知りません。手助って下さい! In Japanese, I can make simple quotes, but I am not sure what to do about long quotations, especially for multiple paragraphs. Do you need to use 「」only at the beginning and the end like usual? Or, do you need to denote each separate paragraph somehow? In English, I know you need to put an open quotation mark at the beginning of every paragraph and a closed quotation mark at the very end. Is it the same in Japanese? Or, is it different? I will try to explain in Japanese for those who can help in that language, but my Japanese isn't really good enough to write this correctly, so it will be a little strange. 私の日本語下手だから、ごめんなさい。 日本語では簡単な引用を作れますが、長い引用の作る方法を知りません。複数の段落で、引用符は一回だけでありますか。英語で各段落の前に『「』を書くべきです。日本語では同じですか。または引用符を最初と最後に書くだけですか。 例えば:私は「何々……(段落1)                何々……(段落2)」と言う。 か     私は「何々……(段落1)          「何々……(段落2)」と言う。 どちらいいですか。回答ありがとうございます。

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I googled it and turns out, you don't have to put quote marks for a long quotation. You just need to space two blank lines between your sentences and quotation. I'll try to explain in English. In 19XX, the Walt Disney company was about to go bankrupt. However, according to ○○, the author points out the following. Long Quotation without indent Blahblahblah...the sentence continues... Hope you find this helpful.
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Hi Phoebe, I know about the ending changes. My example was just an example. I meant my question to be about quoting one long source of text or possibly a speech that is split over several paragraphs. How does one denote that each paragraph is part of the quotation in Japanese (or does one)? In English, there would be an open quote mark at the start of every paragraph to denote that paragraph is part of the larger quotation. Do you know if it is the same in Japanese?
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What exactly do you mean? Are you using it to try to quote what someone's said? Depending on what you're using it for the ending can change a little, and you'd have to establish who was speaking. For example; "Our brother is late," My older sister said to me. Would be, 姉は私に「おとうとがおそいね」と言っていました。 Ane ha watashi ni "otouto ga osoi ne" to itteimashita. Are you wanting to do something similar?

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