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Meaning of quotative | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
  2. A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.

Equivalents

Español citativo

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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