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Meanings for each kanji in と言う
Sample Sentences for と言う
彼は学者と言うよりむしろ小説家であると思う。
I think he is not so much a scholar as a novelist.
トムは30の言語で「私はフランス語しか話せません」と言うことができる。
Tom is able to say "I can only speak French" in thirty languages.
私たちは美と言うとき、私たちの美意識を満足させてくれる、精神的なものや物質的なもの（この場合物質的なものである場合の方が多いが）のことを言っているのだと思う。
I suppose that what we mean by beauty is that object, spiritual or material, more often material, which satisfies our aesthetic sense.
私が決して約束を破らないと言う事をあてにしてよろしい。
You can trust that I will never break my promise.
いただきますと言う前に、子供達はもう食べ始めていた。
Before saying “itadakimasu”, the kids had already started eating.
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Lily Larsen wrotetoday at 6:36 PM
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Oops! I think I minsunderstood which 'toiu' you were asking about! Gomen!
Probably more what you are asking about is the hiragana という.
There are a LOT of uses for という... more than I could explain properly. So I will just link you to a very good lesson online that says it better than I ever could!
http://maggiesensei.com/2010/04/24/request-lesson-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%86toiu-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%EF%BC%88toiukoto-and-many-more/
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I'm not sure I understand your question.
Here are some examples of its usage, though:
Example 1:
これは何と言いますか。
kore wa nan to iimasu ka.
What is this called?
Example 2:
それは日本語で何と言いますか。
sore wa nihongo de nan to iimasu ka.
What is that called in Japanese?
Example 3:
それは「牛乳」と言います。
sore wa 'gyuunyuu' to iimasu.
That is called 'gyuunyuu'.
Example 4:
腹が減った子供たちはたいてい「お腹がペコペコ」と言います。
hara ga hetta kodomotachi wa taitei 'onaka ga peko peko' to iimasu.
Hungry children often say 'my stomach is peko peko'.
Example 5:
彼女に何と言いましたか。
kanojo ni nan to iimashita ka.
What did you say to her?