No. 192 in Japanese
言わ
"言わ" is the stem form of the verb "言う" and means "to say" or "to tell."
In a sentence
彼はいつも何でも正直に言います。
He always says everything honestly.
In this sentence, the verb 言う (to say) is used in its polite form to describe someone's manner of speech.
大事なことを言い忘れました。
I forgot to say something important.
Here, the conjugation of 言う serves as part of a compound verb (言い忘れる), indicating forgetting to say.
誰もそれについて何も言わなかった。
No one said anything about that.
This example uses the negative form of 言う (言わなかった), showing the absence of action or statement.
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