watasi no koe ha titi ni nite iru to yoku iwaremasu.

の links two nouns and shows possession or relationship.

• 私 = I / me
• 声 = voice
• 私の声 = my voice

So 私の声 simply means my voice.

は marks the topic of the sentence.

Here, the topic is my voice, not me as a whole. The sentence is talking specifically about what people say regarding your voice.

So:

• 私は would mean as for me
• 私の声は means as for my voice

That is why the sentence focuses on my voice rather than just me.

The verb 似る means to resemble or to take after, and the thing or person you resemble is usually marked with に.

So:

• 父に似ている = resemble my father / take after my father

This is just the normal pattern for this verb:

• 母に似ている = resemble my mother
• 顔が兄に似ている = my face resembles my older brother’s

For English speakers, this can feel unusual because English uses like, but Japanese uses に here.

Not really. Although it looks like te-form + いる, 似ている usually describes a state, not an ongoing action.

• dictionary form: 似る
• common state form: 似ている

So 父に似ている means:

• looks like my father
• resembles my father
• takes after my father

It does not usually mean that the resemblance is actively happening right now. It is more like a current condition.

と is the quotation particle here. It marks the content of what is said.

So the structure is:

• 父に似ている = resembles my father
• 父に似ていると言われます = I am told that I resemble my father

You can think of と as linking the quoted idea to 言う or 言われる.

Very literally:

• [my voice resembles my father’s] + people say

言われます is the passive form of 言います.

• 言います = say
• 言われます = am told / is said

So:

• よく言います would mean often say
• よく言われます means am often told

This passive is very common in Japanese when the speaker wants to say what people generally say about them without naming who says it.

So the sentence naturally means something like:

• I’m often told that my voice resembles my father’s
• People often say my voice sounds like my father’s

The subject is omitted, which is very normal in Japanese.

It means something like:

• people
• others
• everyone around me
• friends/family/acquaintances, depending on context

Japanese often leaves out obvious or unimportant subjects. Here, the important point is what is said, not who says it.

よく means often in this sentence.

So:

• よく言われます = am often told / people often say

Be careful, because よく can also mean well in other contexts:

• 日本語をよく話す = speak Japanese well
• よく行く = go often

Here, because it is attached to 言われます, it clearly means often.

In Japanese, when talking about your own family member in a neutral sentence like this, it is very common to just say 父, 母, 兄, and so on, without repeating 私の.

So:

• 父 here naturally means my father
• 私の父 is possible, but often unnecessary if the meaning is already clear

Because the sentence already starts with 私の声, it is obvious whose father is meant.

Grammatically, it is my voice that is being discussed, because 私の声は is the topic.

So the idea is specifically:

• As for my voice, people often say it resembles my father’s

In natural English, though, we usually rephrase it as:

• People often say my voice sounds like my father’s
• I’m often told I sound like my father

So Japanese focuses on the voice, while English often shifts the wording slightly.

Because 父に似ている is inside the quoted content before と.

In Japanese, the part before と often stays in plain form, even when the main sentence is polite.

So this is normal:

• 父に似ていると言われます

A more polite form inside the quote, such as 似ています, would sound less natural in this kind of sentence.

This mix is very common:

• quoted content = plain form
• main sentence ending = polite form

It breaks down like this:

• 私の声は = as for my voice
• 父に似ている = resembles my father
• と = that
• よく言われます = I am often told / people often say

So the whole structure is:

[Topic] + [quoted statement] + と + passive of 言う

A very literal reading would be:

As for my voice, it resembles my father, I am often told.

A more natural English version would be:

People often say my voice sounds like my father’s.

Yes, in the right context, Japanese might omit it if it is already understood.

For example, someone might simply say:

• 父に似ているとよく言われます。

Depending on context, that could mean:

• People often say I resemble my father
• People often say my voice resembles my father’s
• or something similar

By including 私の声は, the speaker makes it clear that the comment is specifically about the voice, not about appearance or personality.

Yes.

• 父 is the plain word for my father when talking about him to others.
• お父さん is more respectful or familiar, and is often used when addressing someone’s father or speaking from a childlike/family perspective.

In a sentence like this, 父 is the normal and natural choice.

So:

• 父に似ている sounds standard and neutral
• お父さんに似ている is possible in some contexts, but less standard for this kind of self-reference