Vocabulary
Form
to tell (to do); to order; to direct; to instruct
verb
vt
freq #900
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は父(ちち)の言(い)いつけでそこへ行(い)った。
He went there as his father told him.
彼(かれ)は私(わたし)にそれをするように言(い)いつけた。
He told me to do it.
彼(かれ)はちゃんと私(わたし)が言(い)いつけておいたとおりにやった。
He did exactly as I had told him.
先生(せんせい)にみんな言(い)いつけてやるぞ。
I will tell the teacher all about it.
言(い)いつけられたとおりにしなさい。
Do as you were told to do.
パパに言(い)いつけますよ。
I'll tell Daddy on you.
あなたが彼(かれ)に言(い)いつけたって私(わたし)はちっともかまわない。
You can tell him for all I care.
母(はは)は私(わたし)に部屋(へや)の掃除(そうじ)を言(い)いつけた。
Mother charged me to clear the room.