Structure
Verb + ように + 言う
(1) 頼む、命じる
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- 子供に水をこぼさないように言う。I tell my child not to spill his water. (To tell them in a way that 'not spilling the water' is the focus)
- 弁護士が犯人に警察に話さないように言う。The lawyer told the criminal to not talk to the police. (To tell them in a way that 'not talking to the police' is the focus)
- 俺の漫画を借りてもいいけど、破らないように頼むよ。It is okay for me to let you borrow my manga, but I request that you not rip it.
- 総理は国民に海外旅行に行かないように命じる。The prime minister will order citizens to not travel abroad.
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Examples
お弁当を持って行くことを忘れないように言った。
I told you not to forget to take your lunchbox with you.
トムに手伝いをするように頼んだよ。
I requested that Tom help out.
子供らが怖がらないように頼むよ。
I ask that you not scare the kids. (in such a way)
卵を買うように言ったはずだ。
I most definitely told you to pick up some eggs. (In such a way)
明日試合があるので、今夜よく眠るように言った。
Since we have a game tomorrow, I told them to get a good night's sleep tonight. (In such a way)
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ようにいう – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (3 in total)
CrisH
About 2 years ago
It says that this is used for indirect quoted, but in the example
僕(ぼく)のスマホを貸(か)してあげるけど、濡(ぬ)れないように頼(たの)むぞ。
it seems to me to be a direct request. Is it something to do with the construction of the larger sentence?EdBunpro
About 2 years ago
Probably a SUPER nitpicky thing to bring up, but I feel like either this grammar point should have 頼む & 命じる written in kana or the kanji/kana should be shown in the question since it’s more about teaching the grammar point and less about remembering vocab. Perhaps new users may get thrown off a bit? I only bring this up because I stupidly couldn’t remember 頼むtoday and wasn’t able to answer with the basic ように言う
Luminiscental
About 2 months ago
I think the example sentence
誰もママに何も言わないように頼んだがバレてしまった。
should have a comma after the が, so that in quizzes it’s clear that it isn’t meant to be the subject marking particle which would suggest nominalization is required. Compare
誰もママに何も言わないように頼んだことがバレてしまった。
with
誰もママに何も言わないように頼んだが、バレてしまった。
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