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助詞「って」. The Japanese particle tte.

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Difference between って and は as topic marker

I often see って being used to mark a topic, such as in the sentence 新宿ってどこ？ I'm aware that this is more colloquial compared to the topic marker は. Other than the formality aspect, are って and は completely interchangeable in meaning when used like…
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と、て、って　Quoting Particle Usage

と、て、って What's the difference between these three quoting particles? Is there any grammatical difference, or are they just casual/formal variations of one another? 田中さんは行きましょうと言った 田中さんは行きましょうて言った 田中さんは行きましょうって言った Would all three of those…
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って vs が. JLPT question

I'm looking through JLPT N3 questions and have come across this one: A: ねえ　（　　　）　どんなひと？ B: とても親切でいい人だよ The possible answers are: 田中さんが 田中さんで 田中さんって 田中さんでも Number 4 makes no sense at all. "Tanaka-san but"? Number 2 is a bit weird. We're not…
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Is this って equivalent to 「と」?

Is the って in the following sentence equivalent to 「と」 as in AはBと変わる／違う? 昔から好きな曲って変わらないみたい。 My favourite songs have not changed for many years. Does this mean it is equivalent to the と used for quotations.
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Use of って when quotation doesn't make sense

I'm playing through a game right now and I'm seeing って used at the end of sentences a lot. I know って can be a shorthand version of the と particle, but it doesn't make sense as nobody is being quoted or nothing is is being declared as in "X is called…
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Clarifications on だって and って contractions

Inquiring about whether i'm interpreting the following correctly, and what だって/って is abbreviated from in these sentences 誰だって知られたくない過去ってあるし、俺だってそうだから Anyone has things in the past that they don’t want to be known, I am the same. 誰だって = 誰でも?　= no…
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The past tense for the quoting particle って

I have this sentence in front of me 耳元で男の人の声がするのが耐えられないって which is translated as: she said she couldn't stand hearing a male voice near her ear. If I am right, here, って is actually translated as "said" which makes me realise, I am only familiar…
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Confused about って in this sentence

A man and a woman who had undergone hardship together as children before being forced to part meet again and remember their last words to each other. The woman says: 生きてて良かったって、心の底から思える瞬間って、どんな感じかしら？ I think the first part of the sentence…
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The meaning of a て-form verb at the end of this sentence

There are many explanations of t-form at the end of the sentence on internet like: 1) Connecting to other clauses, or if there is no continuation, expressing that you want to continue.て form at end of phrase but not being used for requests 2)…
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i-adjective followed by だ

All of my studies so far have suggested that i-adjectives never take だ (です can be used to make the sentence polite). Then I came across this sentence: 私が世界で一番偉いだって？？ I'm the greatest in the world?? I'm not really comfortable with what the って is…
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Function of って in this sentence

俺のことは、みんなと同じように親父とでも呼んでくれや。親父のように強くたくましく頼りになるってな。 Is the speaker quoting what other people have said about him?
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What does からって mean?

Sentence is: 世界に出たからってファイナルまで残んなきゃ稼げねーし I mostly understand the meaning "We can't make money unless we make it to the finals in the world championships" but what does the からって do here?
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I'm wrestling with the first って in 借金が雪だるま式に増えてってるって噂だよ

The sentence in question: 借金が雪だるま式に増えてってるって噂だよ My best guess is that the first って is a contracted from of いる. Whatever it is that we're addressing seems to be suffering from a financial crisis. Then why not put it like 「増えているって噂だよ」, rather than…
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Replacing は with って

So I was talking to this girl, and she used the って in a rather odd way (at least one that I'm not acquainted with), I gave it some research and found out that って can replace は giving some kind of softer tone to the sentence. Like 「マギーはかわいいね」 would…
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Meaning of どんだけお人好しなんですかって話ですよね

context (a guy talking to himself while someone else is listening): 銀行が住宅ローンの営業に熱心な理由ってわかります？ 憧れの持ち家を手に入れた大切なお客さんの喜ぶ笑顔が見たいから…？ そんなわけねーです！ どんだけお人好しなんですかって話ですよね。儲かるからに決まってます This usage seems to have similarities to ってこと. My intuition would be that…
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