ように言う
yō ni iu
to tell someone to do
[Indirect Command/Request]
Connection: Verb dictionary form/ない form + ように言う
This grammar is used to report that someone told or asked another person to do (or not to do) something. It conveys indirect commands or requests.
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Examples: 先生は学生に宿題をするように言った。(The teacher told the students to do their homework.) 母は私に夜遅く帰らないように言いました。(My mother told me not to come home late at night.) 医者は父にタバコを吸わないように言った。(The doctor told my father not to smoke.)