Question about だれが「おまえを好きだ」と言った


[As it was discussed
here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/4210/why-is-%E3%82%92-used-
in-this-
situation-%E7%A7%81%E3%81%AF%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8C%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B3%E3%82%92%E5%A5%BD%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A0%E3%81%A8%E6%80%9D%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99),
the particle を may sometimes be placed in front of 好き as long as the main verb
of the sentense does not take anything else to be its を.

> だれがおまえを好きだと言った。

My question is whether I can view this as

> だれが **おまえを** 「好きだ」と **言った** 。

with the おまえを part outside the quotation, and corresponding to "did anyone say
to you / **tell you** << .... >>". Does the verb 言う ever attach an を to
itself, or if it does, is it different to this?

I hope I am clear with my question ^^'




The answer to your question is that you can't because を does not work like
that, を is the mark of the accusative (direct object) case and can't mark the
dative (indirect object).

So basically, what you want to say is:

> 誰がおまえ **に** 「好きだ」と言った **か** 。

言う can be used with を and と at the same time:

> AをBという -- Call A (as) B

or as mentioned by Yoichi Oishi in the comments, you can use を alone with 言う.

> 冗談を言う: Tell a joke  
>  名前を言う: Tell one's name  
>  バカなことを言う: Say stupid things  
>  ...




The answer to your question is that you can't because を does not work like
that, を is the mark of the accusative (direct object) case and can't mark the
dative (indirect object).

So basically, what you want to say is:

> 誰がおまえ **に** 「好きだ」と言った **か** 。

言う can be used with を and と at the same time:

> AをBという -- Call A (as) B

or as mentioned by Yoichi Oishi in the comments, you can use を alone with 言う.

> 冗談を言う: Tell a joke  
>  名前を言う: Tell one's name  
>  バカなことを言う: Say stupid things  
>  ...

