という ( = toiu ) + こと/と/わけ/もの/のに ( = koto/to/wake/mono/noni) ,etc.

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🐶「皆さん、今日は私の誕生日だというのにケーキもないのですか?」

= Minasan kyou wa watashi no tanjoubi da to iu noni keiki mo naino desu ka?

= “It’s my birthday today, everyone! But you don’t even have a cake for me???”

😟「先生、ケーキというケーキはさっきみんな食べたじゃないですか!」

= Sensei, keiki to iu keiki wa sakki minna tabeta ja nai desu ka!

“Miss, but you just ate all the cakes we had!”

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頻度 ( = hindo) Frequency

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🙄「さっき食べたばかりじゃない!一日に何回食べたらいいの!」

=Sakki tabeta bakarija nai! Ichinichi ni nankai tabetara iino!)

= You just ate! How many time a day do you need to eat?

🐶「一日5( or 五)食じゃ足りないよ!」

(=Ichinichi goshoku ja tarinaiyo!)

= Just five meals a day is not enough!

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How to use「 もんか」「もんだ」「(だ)なんて」( = monka / monda/ (da)nante)

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 🙄「たった、8ヶ月でこのブログが終わりだなんて誰が信じると思うの?」

= Tatta hachikagetsu de kono burogu ga owarida nante dare ga shinjiru to omou no?

= “Who would believe that this blog would finish in just eight months.”

🐶「でも、人って案外と信じるもんだよ。」

= Demo hitotte angai to shinnjiru mon dayo.

= “But more than you imagine, people are supposed to believe it.”

🤔「そういうもんかなあ…」

= Souiu mon ka naa..

= “I wonder if it is true…”

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