父(ちち) chichiは wa私(わたし) watashiに ni寝(ね)床(どこ) nedokoの no中(なか) nakaで de本(ほん) honを o読(よ)む() yomuな naと to言(い)い()ま()し()た() iimashita。 My father told me not to read books in bed. Literal Father [topic-は] me [to-に] bed inside [at-で] book [object-を] read [don't-な] [quotative-と] said. 読むなと言った — the negative imperative 読むな is embedded as quoted speech with と言った. familyreadingparentingquotative と~な (prohibitive imperative)
父(ちち) chichiは wa私(わたし) watashiに ni寝(ね)床(どこ) nedokoの no中(なか) nakaで de本(ほん) honを o読(よ)む() yomuな naと to言(い)い()ま()し()た() iimashita。 My father told me not to read books in bed. Literal Father [topic-は] me [to-に] bed inside [at-で] book [object-を] read [don't-な] [quotative-と] said. 読むなと言った — the negative imperative 読むな is embedded as quoted speech with と言った. familyreadingparentingquotative と~な (prohibitive imperative)