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Originally Posted by Jorg
If you don't mind, I have question.
How would you say "What is he trying to say?"
For example, an english speaking person is speaking very bad, unintelligible japanese to two japanese people. One of the japanese people turns to the other and asks, "What is he trying to say?"
I'll have an abysmal shot: かれはなんいってにせんとすることか。
Thank you.
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Most naturally, we would say:
「何（なに）が言いたいのかな。」 or
「なんて言ってるのかな。」 or
「何（なに）を言おうとしてるのかな。」
「なんて言ってると思う？」
All with a rising intonation at the end.
There will be no "he" because it is so obvious who is being talked about.
How do you even get にせんとすることか?
