"sou yuu koto" and "dou yuu koto"

[leylia]

Hiya Everybody ^_^

I keep hearing this phrases "sou yuu koto" and "dou yuu koto"?

What does it stands for?

[Gaijinian]

It's actually:
Sou iu koto
and
Dou iu koto

Sou iu koto means,like..."The thing which is being talked about."

I want to go to the party.
>You can't do that, because you have not done your homework.

Pa-te ni ikitai.
>Anata wa mada shukudai wo shite inai kara, sou iu koto dekinai.

"sou" confirms something, and "dou" is the question form of it... sort of. So, you can guess what that means.

[leylia]

is that also the same as "Sonna Koto" ?

[Spaztick]

sou by itself can also mean "it is so." It's by pure coincidence that it's the same in English, so it's easy to remember. (EX: sou da - it is so).

[leylia]

is sou iu koto used in the same sense as sonna koto?

thanks in advance for the help ^_^

[InsanityRanch]

>is sou iu koto used in the same sense as sonna koto?

"sonna koto" means "such a thing" or "a thing like that". Sometimes it is used in surprise, like English "What a ... !!!"

Shira