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Once, a long time ago, someone asked me to tell me how I thought something went in Japanese. I replied

うまくいったと言います。

Quickly realizing my mistake, I corrected myself like this:

言います…思います。うまくいったと思います。

But I'm not sure a native speaker would correct themselves this way. Is there a more natural way?

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Once, a long time ago, someone asked me to tell me how I thought something went in Japanese. I replied

うまくいったと言います。

Quickly realizing my mistake, I corrected myself like this:

言います…思います。うまくいったと思います。

But I'm not sure a native speaker would correct themselves this way. Is there a more natural way?

word-choice

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Once, a long time ago, someone asked me to tell me how I thought something went in Japanese. I replied

うまくいったと言います。

Quickly realizing my mistake, I corrected myself like this:

言います…思います。うまくいったと思います。

But I'm not sure a native speaker would correct themselves this way. Is there a more natural way?

word-choice

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There is no one fixed phrase that everyone uses to correct their own misspeech such as "I mean" in English. In such a situation we usually say:

• 
  

  Formal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……いえ……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えました……思います
  
  ～と言います……すみません……思います
  
  ～と言います……失礼しました……思います

  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Informal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……違う……思います
  
  ～と言います……違った……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えた……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃない……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなくて……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなかった……思います
  
  ～と言います……えっと……思います

  
  

  
  

Especially in informal ones, the inserted phrases are uttered extremely fast so that you may only hear something like "choo" (違う) or "j'nut" (じゃなかった). Besides, meaningless fillers are often put in the place, sounding like "ah", "umm", "nnn", "eh", etc.

---

PS

@jogloran has reminded me of the word もとい (or もと[へ]e), which is worth learning but no longer used actively when you correct yourself except those who speak in an overly pedantic way or fantasy world nobles. In modern usage, it becomes more a rhetorical device that roughly means "rather", "or to say", "more correctly" etc.

あの子は彼らのアイドル、もとい教祖だ
That (boy/girl) is their idol, or you might say, guru.

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  I read about もとい used in a similar way — is this a valid filler for correcting oneself as well?
  
  – jogloran
  Sep 18 at 5:33
  

  
  
  
  


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  @jogloran Ah! That one is an outdated word that I don't think many modern people would utter reflexively. It now mostly becomes a bookish word used when you want to reword.
  
  – broccoli forest
  Sep 18 at 5:39
  

  
  
  
  


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  Funny thing is, I actually was familiar with もとい already, but assumed to correctly it was mostly used in fiction or the past. I specifically learned this from reading about the Japanese translation of Harry Potter, with Uncle Vernon's 'A peck - I mean, a pack of owls' apparently being translated as 「フクロウがつっつき、もとい、フクロウが次々」.
  
  – Aeon Akechi
  Sep 18 at 6:20
  

  
  
  
  

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There is no one fixed phrase that everyone uses to correct their own misspeech such as "I mean" in English. In such a situation we usually say:

• 
  

  Formal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……いえ……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えました……思います
  
  ～と言います……すみません……思います
  
  ～と言います……失礼しました……思います

  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Informal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……違う……思います
  
  ～と言います……違った……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えた……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃない……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなくて……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなかった……思います
  
  ～と言います……えっと……思います

  
  

  
  

Especially in informal ones, the inserted phrases are uttered extremely fast so that you may only hear something like "choo" (違う) or "j'nut" (じゃなかった). Besides, meaningless fillers are often put in the place, sounding like "ah", "umm", "nnn", "eh", etc.

---

PS

@jogloran has reminded me of the word もとい (or もと[へ]e), which is worth learning but no longer used actively when you correct yourself except those who speak in an overly pedantic way or fantasy world nobles. In modern usage, it becomes more a rhetorical device that roughly means "rather", "or to say", "more correctly" etc.

あの子は彼らのアイドル、もとい教祖だ
That (boy/girl) is their idol, or you might say, guru.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I read about もとい used in a similar way — is this a valid filler for correcting oneself as well?
  
  – jogloran
  Sep 18 at 5:33
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @jogloran Ah! That one is an outdated word that I don't think many modern people would utter reflexively. It now mostly becomes a bookish word used when you want to reword.
  
  – broccoli forest
  Sep 18 at 5:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Funny thing is, I actually was familiar with もとい already, but assumed to correctly it was mostly used in fiction or the past. I specifically learned this from reading about the Japanese translation of Harry Potter, with Uncle Vernon's 'A peck - I mean, a pack of owls' apparently being translated as 「フクロウがつっつき、もとい、フクロウが次々」.
  
  – Aeon Akechi
  Sep 18 at 6:20
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

14

There is no one fixed phrase that everyone uses to correct their own misspeech such as "I mean" in English. In such a situation we usually say:

• 
  

  Formal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……いえ……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えました……思います
  
  ～と言います……すみません……思います
  
  ～と言います……失礼しました……思います

  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Informal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……違う……思います
  
  ～と言います……違った……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えた……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃない……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなくて……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなかった……思います
  
  ～と言います……えっと……思います

  
  

  
  

Especially in informal ones, the inserted phrases are uttered extremely fast so that you may only hear something like "choo" (違う) or "j'nut" (じゃなかった). Besides, meaningless fillers are often put in the place, sounding like "ah", "umm", "nnn", "eh", etc.

---

PS

@jogloran has reminded me of the word もとい (or もと[へ]e), which is worth learning but no longer used actively when you correct yourself except those who speak in an overly pedantic way or fantasy world nobles. In modern usage, it becomes more a rhetorical device that roughly means "rather", "or to say", "more correctly" etc.

あの子は彼らのアイドル、もとい教祖だ
That (boy/girl) is their idol, or you might say, guru.

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edited Sep 18 at 8:05

answered Sep 18 at 5:30

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I read about もとい used in a similar way — is this a valid filler for correcting oneself as well?
  
  – jogloran
  Sep 18 at 5:33
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @jogloran Ah! That one is an outdated word that I don't think many modern people would utter reflexively. It now mostly becomes a bookish word used when you want to reword.
  
  – broccoli forest
  Sep 18 at 5:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Funny thing is, I actually was familiar with もとい already, but assumed to correctly it was mostly used in fiction or the past. I specifically learned this from reading about the Japanese translation of Harry Potter, with Uncle Vernon's 'A peck - I mean, a pack of owls' apparently being translated as 「フクロウがつっつき、もとい、フクロウが次々」.
  
  – Aeon Akechi
  Sep 18 at 6:20
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

There is no one fixed phrase that everyone uses to correct their own misspeech such as "I mean" in English. In such a situation we usually say:

• 
  

  Formal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……いえ……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えました……思います
  
  ～と言います……すみません……思います
  
  ～と言います……失礼しました……思います

  
  

  
  


• 
  

  Informal settings

  
  
  

  
  

  ～と言います……違う……思います
  
  ～と言います……違った……思います
  
  ～と言います……間違えた……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃない……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなくて……思います
  
  ～と言います……じゃなかった……思います
  
  ～と言います……えっと……思います

  
  

  
  

Especially in informal ones, the inserted phrases are uttered extremely fast so that you may only hear something like "choo" (違う) or "j'nut" (じゃなかった). Besides, meaningless fillers are often put in the place, sounding like "ah", "umm", "nnn", "eh", etc.

---

PS

@jogloran has reminded me of the word もとい (or もと[へ]e), which is worth learning but no longer used actively when you correct yourself except those who speak in an overly pedantic way or fantasy world nobles. In modern usage, it becomes more a rhetorical device that roughly means "rather", "or to say", "more correctly" etc.

あの子は彼らのアイドル、もとい教祖だ
That (boy/girl) is their idol, or you might say, guru.

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edited Sep 18 at 8:05

answered Sep 18 at 5:30

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