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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?
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can anyone explain 聞きたいっておっしゃてました
It's a conversational form of

```

    聞きたいとおっしゃていました
    
```

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.
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