can anyone explain 聞きたいっておっしゃてました


Im scratching my head trying to figure out grammar behind
マリアさんの話を聞きたいっておっしゃってましたよ。

Its from my text book, which is translated into something like want to hear
his word saying about it. I knew 聞きたい = want to hear, おっしゃる = polite word for
say/speak, but couldnt put them together.

I guess there are some sort of contracted speech involved since the
conversation is somewhat casual, but there isnt sufficient grammar guide for
it in my book, nor could I google anything helpful beyond auto translation.
Can anyone explain it to me and guide me roughly through this "contracted
form" puzzle?




It's a conversational form of

[code]

    聞きたいとおっしゃていました
    
[/code]

where って is a conversational form of the quoting と reporting something being
said, and the い of いました is elided as it usually is in conversational speech.




It's a conversational form of

[code]

    聞きたいとおっしゃていました
    
[/code]

where って is a conversational form of the quoting と reporting something being
said, and the い of いました is elided as it usually is in conversational speech.

