Lesson 131: には・ように言う・ますように・とおりに

N3 · Lesson 131 · 18 min — Purpose, reported requests, wishes, and "as": say your wish at the shrine

In the last lesson, Rin put his heart into the first draft of his reply to Grandpa's letter. This lesson has four small patterns: には (purpose and point of view), ように言いう (reporting a request), ますように (a wish), and とおりに (doing something as told, or just as expected). Remember the wish Rin could not say at the shrine in Lesson 66? Read the comic first!

After this lesson, you can:

A Wish You Can Say Out Loud

The draft reply is done. Rin wants to go to Kyoto to find the letter writer, so he asks about the cost. At the shrine, he wishes that Grandpa and the writer can meet in spring. (京都きょうと=Kyoto, かかる=to cost / take, 遅おくれる=to be late, 君きみ=you, ええと=um (when you can't recall))

には=to do ...; ように言いう=tell someone to ...; ますように=a wish; とおり=as. Next: Is that tree not protected?

Words for this lesson: trip costs, tours, and the shrine

Grammar 1 / 4: には

Dictionary-form verb+には="in order to ..." or "if you want to ...": say the goal first, then what you need (かかる・必要ひつようだ・〜ほうが いい・〜なければ ならない). Person+には="for ...": then say whether it is hard, big, and so on.

Grammar 2 / 4: ように言いう

人ひとに+dictionary form/ない form+ように 言いう="tell (someone) to ...": report someone's order or request in your own words. You can swap in 頼たのむ (ask), 注意ちゅういする (warn), or 伝つたえる (pass on a message).

Grammar 3 / 4: ますように

Verb ます form+ように="I hope ..." or "may ...": put it at the end of a sentence to make a wish, to a god, to yourself, or for someone else. For something you don't want to happen, say 〜ませんように.

Grammar 4 / 4: とおりに

Verb (dictionary form or た form)+とおり(に)/Noun の+とおり(に)/Noun+どおり(に)="as ..." or "just like ...".