美(うつく)し()い() utsukushii曲(きょく) kyokuだ daね ne。と toジョン jonが ga言(い)い()ま()し()た() iimashita。 "It's a beautiful song," said John. Literal Beautiful song [copula-だね] [quotative-と] John [subject-が] said. 「美しい曲だね。」とジョンが言いました — dialogue format using 「」 Japanese quotation marks. と marks the quoted speech. ね seeks agreement. Standard reported speech structure. musicdialoguequotative とdialogue format (「」)
美(うつく)し()い() utsukushii曲(きょく) kyokuだ daね ne。と toジョン jonが ga言(い)い()ま()し()た() iimashita。 "It's a beautiful song," said John. Literal Beautiful song [copula-だね] [quotative-と] John [subject-が] said. 「美しい曲だね。」とジョンが言いました — dialogue format using 「」 Japanese quotation marks. と marks the quoted speech. ね seeks agreement. Standard reported speech structure. musicdialoguequotative とdialogue format (「」)