What does との mean in this sentence?


It is very hard to parse the following sentence as I don't know about との
grammar. What does との mean and how to parse the following sentence?

> 自治会から、留学生数人 **との** 交流会がある **との** 連絡を受け、行ってみた。




との combines the functions of the particles と and の. In your example, the first
と is different from the second と. But in both cases, の is used to modify the
following noun.

Here, と means "with".

留学生数人と = with some exchange students

留学生数人との交流会 = a meeting/gathering with some exchange students

The second と is the quoting particle. It indicates the contents of the 連絡.

留学生数人との交流会があるとの連絡 = a message saying that "留学生数人との交流会がある"

So putting everything together, we have:

自治会から、留学生数人との交流会があるとの連絡を受け = I received a message from the neighborhood
council saying that there would be a meeting/gathering with some exchange
students

行ってみた = so I went to check it out.




との combines the functions of the particles と and の. In your example, the first
と is different from the second と. But in both cases, の is used to modify the
following noun.

Here, と means "with".

留学生数人と = with some exchange students

留学生数人との交流会 = a meeting/gathering with some exchange students

The second と is the quoting particle. It indicates the contents of the 連絡.

留学生数人との交流会があるとの連絡 = a message saying that "留学生数人との交流会がある"

So putting everything together, we have:

自治会から、留学生数人との交流会があるとの連絡を受け = I received a message from the neighborhood
council saying that there would be a meeting/gathering with some exchange
students

行ってみた = so I went to check it out.

