Friday, August 18, 2006
JLPT3: ように言う
日本語: | [verb (base 1/3)] ように言う。 |
English: | Tell someone (not) to do something. |
Today's grammar point allows us to construct a sentence in which entity A is telling person B to do, or not to do, something. Entity A need not be a person; it could be a sign or other instruction. Person B can either be a third person, or yourself. For example:
"My teacher told me to do the homework".
"Mr. Smith told his colleagues not to gossip"
In essence, what we are really doing is reporting a form of indirect speech, which is something I covered here. However, ように言う is specific to reporting an order or instruction being given.
例文
English: | My teacher told me to do the homework. |
Jenglish: | [teacher][me][homework][do] |
日本語: | 先生は私に宿題をするように言った。 |
English: | Mr. Smith told his colleagues not to gossip. |
Jenglish: | [Mr Smith][colleagues][gossip][not]. |
日本語: | スミスさんは同僚に陰口しないように言った。 |
またね。。。