Meaning
The speaker carefully offers a strong assessment: この町は第二のふるさとと言ってもいい (this town could be called my second home).
Formation
- Plain form + と言ってもいい: 変えたと言ってもいいです
- A noun can come straight before と: ふるさとと言ってもいい; だ is also possible, but never な (✗上手なと)
- Softened: 〜と言ってもいいでしょう
When to use it
- Core use
- You could say that …
Example
彼はこのクラスでいちばん日本語が上手だと言ってもいいでしょう
You could say he speaks Japanese best in this class.
Important notes
- Pay attention to the word form before the construction and to the particles around it.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate the pattern word for word; first identify its function in the whole situation.