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韓国たのしみすぎって話！

How would you translate this? "Talk that Korea is too much fun!" ?

話 is the verb, why is it not conjugated?

Should I interpret って as indirect speech particle, or colloquial topic marker?

Why たのし instead of 楽しい?

みすぎ means "too much", should I view this as a noun?

Eddie Kal
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  • 楽しみ in this sentence means "is going to be fun", "can't wait", etc. 韓国が楽しみです means "I'm looking forward to (visiting) Korea".
  • すぎ literally means "too much", but in this context it's a bit slangy way of saying "soooo", "super", etc.
  • This って is a colloquial equivalent of という. I think you have gotten this right.
  • ～って話だ or ～という話だ in this context is an exclamatory expression used to emphasize your feeling. Semantically it's like "you know (what)". See: Meaning of どんだけお人好しなんですかって話ですよね

So the whole sentence just means "You know what, I'm soooo excited about (visiting) Korea!"

naruto
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After some research I am (sort of) confident that たのしみ = 楽しみ should be translated with "looking forward to". Translating すぎ as "too (much)" we get

"too (much) looking forward to" as in "very much looking forward to"

All in all, I am picturing a situation where a group of people is waiting for their flight to Korea and they're talking about how much they're excited for the trip.

Talk(ing) about so looking forward to (visiting) Korea!

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Correct, って is a semi-colloquial connector if you will. In Japanese って is used in place of と nowadays in a colloquial way. と and って are used to refer/accent the action that follows. For example, 勉強しろって言われた - I was told to study. The って in this case refers to the 言われた - was told. Normally the professional way of saying that would be 勉強しろと言われました but among friends or family people usually revert to 勉強しろって言われた.

I don't know if that helps but here's hoping lol

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    I think that って here means という rather than と. Your examples have the verb 言われる, but the OP's example has the noun 話. –  Apr 05 '18 at 00:57
  • My mistake, という would be what it's replacing. But either a verb or noun, the って being a colloquial conjunctive particle (or dependency marker) referring to the action/topic of the sentence would still stand no? – Josh Apr 05 '18 at 01:23
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    `the って being a colloquial conjunctive particle...` -- The って is a 格助詞(case particle), not a 接続助詞(conjunctive particle). The case particle って has two meanings: ①引用を表す/quotative (≂と), ②同格を表す/appositive (≂という). (sources: 明鏡国語辞典 and [デジタル大辞泉](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/147762/meaning/m0u/って/)) Your post explains #1, but the って in the OP is #2. – Chocolate Apr 05 '18 at 01:54