彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa戻(もど)っ()て()く()る() modottekuruと to言(い)っ()た() ittaが ga、それ soreは waうそ usoだった datta。 She said she'd come back, but that was a lie. Literal She [topic-は] return [quotative-と] said [but-が], that [topic-は] lie was. 戻ってくると言ったが — と marks quoted speech, が introduces the contrast. それはうそだった ('that was a lie') flatly contradicts the promise. A narrative sentence revealing deception. communicationrelationshipsquotative と~が (but/contrast)
彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa戻(もど)っ()て()く()る() modottekuruと to言(い)っ()た() ittaが ga、それ soreは waうそ usoだった datta。 She said she'd come back, but that was a lie. Literal She [topic-は] return [quotative-と] said [but-が], that [topic-は] lie was. 戻ってくると言ったが — と marks quoted speech, が introduces the contrast. それはうそだった ('that was a lie') flatly contradicts the promise. A narrative sentence revealing deception. communicationrelationshipsquotative と~が (but/contrast)