Free Japanese Quiz
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reported speech・quotes
25-1
「 … 。」と
Plain Form と
Verbる-ように(と)
Verbない-ように(と)
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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.
( 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.
( She said that she wasn’t cold. )
Indirect Speech
( The girl said that she likes dogs. )
Direct Speech
その おんなのこは「わたしは いぬが すきです。」と いいました。
( 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.
“と” can be added to “ように”.
( The mother told her children not to play games. )
The following verbs are often used.
( to tell )
ように かきます
( to write )
ように たのみます
( to ask )
ように おねがい します
( to ask )
ように ちゅうい します
( to give warning )
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.
( A teacher told students not to speak in English. )
Verb nai Form ように(と)
1. She said that summer in Tokyo was very hot.
2. He said that he didn’t eat fish.
3. A teacher told students to read books.
4. The police officer warned that man not to go inside.
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