Meaning & usage
だって is a colloquial way to report what someone said, like a casual version of そうだ, attaching after a plain-form sentence (インターネットにとって死神なんだって). It can also follow a noun to mean 'even' or 'too', as in 彼だって. Keep it to casual spoken Japanese.
Example sentences 8
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iPhoneはインターネットにとって死神なんだって。
Apparently "the iPhone sounds the death knell for the Internet."
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ね、ね、あの店、ニューオープンだって！よってみない？
Look! That shop's just opened! Why not take a look?
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頭はいいとしても、彼だって間違っているかもしれない。
Granted his cleverness, he may still be mistaken.
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彼に金を貸したらダメだってことを分かっていようものを。
You should have known better than to lend him money.
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深夜2時に寝たんだって？今日眠そうなのも当然だね。
You went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.
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彼は歌もうまいが、ギターだって同じくらい上手だ。
His singing is very good, but he plays the guitar just as well.
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君は町中の笑いものだっていうことを知らないのか。
Don't you know that you are the laughingstock of the whole town?
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君に会うことは、いつだってとてもうれしいことだ。
To see you is always a great pleasure.