Quiz :
reported speech・quotes 25-1
「 … 。」と
Plain Form と
Verbる-ように(と)
Verbない-ように(と)
Please fill in the blanks.
1.
かれは ( ) いいました。
He said “I am Suzuki.”.
2.
たなかさんは その おとこのひとは じぶんの ( ) いいました。
Mr.Tanaka said that the man was his friend.
3.
やまもとさんは その かいぎには ( ) いいました。
Mr. Yamamoto said that he didn’t want to attend the meeting.
4.
かのじょはらいしゅう おおさかには ( ) いっています。
She’s saying that she won’t go to Osaka next week.
5.
ははは わたしに へやを ( ) いいました。
My mother told me to clean up my room.
6.
わたしは もりさんに その しょるいを かれに ( ) たのみました。
I asked Ms.Mori to give him the document.
7.
ちちは わたしに よる おそくに こうえんへ ( ) いいました。
My father told me not to go to the park late at night.
Grammar
「… 。」と
meaning : Direct SpeechWhat someone has said is put in a Japanese quotation mark “「 」”, and a particle “と” follows.
It is a way that you repeat exactly someone’s word.
kanojo [wa] ‘watashi [wa] samu-kunaidesu.’ [to] ī-mashita.
( She said “I’m not cold”. )
Plain Form と
meaning : Indirect SpeechYou quote what someone said.
Compared to “direct speech”, it’s not a way that you repeat exactly someone’s word.
kanojo [wa] samu-kunai [to] ī-mashita.
( She said that she wasn’t cold. )
Indirect Speech
sono onnanoko [wa] inu [ga] suki-da [to] ī-mashita.
( The girl said that she likes dogs. )
Direct Speech
sono onnanoko [wa] ‘watashi [wa] inu [ga] suki-desu.’ [to] ī-mashita.
( The girl said, “I like dogs”. )
Plain Form と
Verb Dictionary Form ように (と)
meaning : ( to tell ) what someone should doIt is used to tell something that someone should do or must do.
okāsan [wa] kodomo [ni] gēmu [o] shinai-yōni ī-mashita.
( The mother told her children not to play games. )
“と” can be added to “ように”.
okāsan [wa] kodomo [ni] gēmu [o] shinai-yōni ī-mashita.
( The mother told her children not to play games. )
The following verbs are often used.
| to tell | ように いいます yōni ī-masu |
| to write | ように かきます yōni kaki-masu |
| to ask | ように たのみます yōni tanomi-masu |
| to ask | ように おねがいします yōni onegai shi-masu |
| to give warning | ように ちゅういします yōni chūi shi-masu |
Verb Dictionary Form ように(と)
Verb nai Form ように (と)
meaning : ( to tell ) what someone should not doIt is used to tell something that someone should not do or must not do.
sensei [wa] gakusei [ni] eigo [de] hanasanai-yōni (to) ī-mashita.
( A teacher told students not to speak in English. )
Verb nai Form ように(と)
Let’s say in Japanese !
She said that summer in Tokyo was very hot.
He said that he didn’t eat fish.
A teacher told students to read books.
The police officer warned that man not to go inside.
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