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Let’s learn Japanese with Kotaro & Akane’s quote from Tsuki ga Kirei.

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Kotaro & Akane’s Quote

Japanese: 好きな人が自分を好きになってくれるなんて奇跡だと思った。
Romaji: suki na hito ga jibun o suki ni natte kureru nante kiseki da to omotta.
English: I thought it was a miracle that someone I loved would love me back.

Analysis

好きな人が自分を好きになってくれるなんて奇跡だ

The grammar is “A (Clause) なんて B (Noun/Na-adjective) だ” meaning “it is B that A”. The A is a clause and the B is a noun or na-adjective. なんて indicates the preceding clause is surprising or unexpected and だ is only used with a noun or na-adjective, so if it’s an i-adjective such as 嬉しい meaning “happy”, just remove だ. 奇跡 meaning “a miracle” is a noun so だ should be attached. So it means “it is a miracle that 好きな人が自分を好きになってくれる”.

好きな人が自分を好きになってくれる

好き means “favourite” or “to like”. It’s a na-adjective so with the noun 人 meaning “a person”, you need な between them so 好きな人 means “favourite person” or “person I like”.

が emphasises the preceding word as well as marking the subject.

自分 means “me” which is more objective than 私.

The を particle indicates the direct object of the action 好きになってくれる.

なって is the te-form of the verb なる and a noun or na-adjective になる means “to become something“. If it’s an i-adjective, remove the に and change the い to くsuch as 嬉しくなる meaning “to become happy”. So 好きになる means “to become favourite”, “come to like” or “fall in love”.

And a verb te-form followed by くれる means “to do something for me“ which shows the speaker is the receiver of the action and the action is something beneficial or favourable to the speaker.

So 好きな人が自分を好きになってくれる means “A person I love falls in love with me” or “someone I love loves me back” and 好きな人が自分を好きになってくれるなんて奇跡だ means “it is a miracle that someone I love loves me back”.

と思った

と思った means “I thought that”. 思った is the past tense of the verb 思う meaning “to think” and the quotation particle と works like “that” in english.

Examples

A (Clause) + なんて + B (Noun/Adjective) (“it is B that A” used for something surprising/unexpected)

Noun/Na-Adjective + だ

この料理りょうりをロボットが作つくったなんて驚おどろきだなぁ。

kono ryōri o robotto ga tsukutta nante odoroki da nā.

It’s a surprise that a robot made this dish.

誰だれもあの音おとに気きづかなかったなんて不思議ふしぎだ。

dare mo ano oto ni kizukanakatta nante fushigi da.

It’s strange that nobody noticed that noise.

I-adjective

こんなに早はやく起おきるなんて珍めずらしい。

konna ni hayaku okiru nante mezurashii.

It’s unusual for you to wake up so early.

Clause + と思う (to think that …)

Verb + と思う

明日あしたは雨あめが降ふると思おもう。

ashita wa ame ga furu to omou.

I think that it’s going to rain tomorrow.

I-Adjective + と思う

アニメは本当ほんとうに面白おもしろいと思おもう。

anime wa hontō ni omoshiroi to omou.

I think that anime is really interesting.

Noun/Na-Adjective + だ + と思う

自分じぶんはバカだと思おもう。

jibun wa baka da to omou.

I think that I am an idiot.

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