Today I am going to share the Q&A quoted from my JLPT N4 course!

 

[Question]

先生、すみません。
In the sentence と言っていました,
can I know why してください is changed to しろ？
Is it because it’s imperative form?
But wouldn’t it sound rude?

 

[My Reply]

You mean, why we use しろと言っていました, but not してくださいと言っていました。

It wouldn’t sound rude at all, because it is a quotation.

「してください」と言っていました
→remove「」(quotation mark)
→use “plain style” for quotation
→しろと言っていました。
He/she told me to do it.

してください polite style
＝しろ(imperative-form) plain style

 

I hope my answer helps you. 😊

 

 

In the JLPT course, you can ask me any questions as much as you want.
I will teach you until you get it!

 

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