父(ちち) chichiは wa入(にゅう)試(し) nyuushiに ni２()度(ど) 2do失(しっ)敗(ぱい) shippaiした shitaと to言(い)っ()て()い()る() itteiru。 My father says he failed the entrance exam twice. Literal Father [topic-は] entrance-exam [to-に] 2-times failed [quotative-と] saying. ~と言っている reports ongoing speech — 'says (and continues to say).' 入試 (entrance exam) is a common abbreviation of 入学試験. examsfamilyeducationquotative と~ている (habitual action)
父(ちち) chichiは wa入(にゅう)試(し) nyuushiに ni２()度(ど) 2do失(しっ)敗(ぱい) shippaiした shitaと to言(い)っ()て()い()る() itteiru。 My father says he failed the entrance exam twice. Literal Father [topic-は] entrance-exam [to-に] 2-times failed [quotative-と] saying. ~と言っている reports ongoing speech — 'says (and continues to say).' 入試 (entrance exam) is a common abbreviation of 入学試験. examsfamilyeducationquotative と~ている (habitual action)