N3 grammar · Lesson 25

「〜というのは」「〜ということだ」: definitions, hearsay

「現地げんち集合しゅうごう」というのは、直接ちょくせつ会場かいじょうに集あつまるということです。

「〜というのは」 「〜とは」: defining words; spoken 「〜って」: raising topics; 「〜ということだ」 「〜という」: hearsay; 「〜ということだ」: in other words.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜というのは〜のことだ」: explaining a word
  2. 02「〜とは」: written definitions
  3. 03The spoken 「〜って」: raising a topic
  4. 04Hearsay: 「〜ということだ」 「〜という」
  5. 05「〜ということだ」: in other words
  6. 06Compared with similar expressions

Practice

  • Match the two halves of each sentence
  • What does this sentence mean?
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order

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