〜ように言う
JLPT N4:tell someone to
Reports an instruction or request: "tell someone to…", "ask someone to…".
How to form it
- Put the verb in the dictionary form or the ない form and add ように言う: 早く帰るように言った (told them to come home early).
- Mark the person told with に: 弟に静かにするように言った.
- Other verbs of asking work the same way: ように頼む (ask), ように伝える (pass on).
- In the passive, it says you were told: 母に早く帰るように言われた.
Examples
母に早く帰るように言われた。
My mother told me to come home early.
先生は静かにするように言いました。
The teacher told us to be quiet.
Notes
- To quote the exact words, use 「」 and と: 「静かにして」と言った.
Similar meaning
- 〜と言っていたsaid that
Reports what someone said, not an instruction.