Is "あれって" one word or two?

Question

The sentence

あれって、血？

apparently translates to

Is that blood?

I'm confused by "あれって": is this a single word, or "あれ" + "って"? What's a good literal translation of this sentence?

Just to make sure. Would you consider 「あれは」 in 「あれは、血？」 as one word, or two? — Chocolate, Jul 27 '22 at 00:36
Does this answer your question: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/50251/9831 -- It's the 2nd って. — Chocolate, Jul 27 '22 at 00:37

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '22 at 00:36

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It's two words. This って is a colloquial topic particle used in place of は. See: Difference between って and は as topic marker

What's a good literal translation of this sentence?

"Is that blood?", or maybe "That is blood?". The sentence in question is structurally not different from "あれは血(ですか)?".

answered Jul 27 '22 at 00:36

naruto

And just to be clear: "あれ" in this case is "彼", correct? – George Jul 27 '22 at 18:46
@George 彼 is かれ ("he"), which is not あれ ("that"). In what situation do you say "Is he blood?" – naruto Jul 28 '22 at 00:26
あれ *can* be written as 彼れ, but not 彼 – dvx2718 Jul 28 '22 at 03:42

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