Friday, December 28, 2018

grammar - What does との mean in this sentence?


It is very hard to parse the following sentence as I don't know about との grammar. What does との mean and how to parse the following sentence?



自治会から、留学生数人との交流会があるとの連絡を受け、行ってみた。




Answer



との combines the functions of the particles と and の. In your example, the first と is different from the second と. But in both cases, の is used to modify the following noun.


Here, と means "with".


留学生数人と = with some exchange students



留学生数人との交流会 = a meeting/gathering with some exchange students


The second と is the quoting particle. It indicates the contents of the 連絡.


留学生数人との交流会があるとの連絡 = a message saying that "留学生数人との交流会がある"


So putting everything together, we have:


自治会から、留学生数人との交流会があるとの連絡を受け = I received a message from the neighborhood council saying that there would be a meeting/gathering with some exchange students


行ってみた = so I went to check it out.


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