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DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
Direct
speech is a
sentence that shows directly from a person's speech. The sentence was given a
punctuation mark ( ") While the indirect
speech is a
sentence which retells utterances someone to be delivered back.
Which should be noticed in making sentences indirectly from direct sentences are:
Their time change: When reporting verbnya is say, ask, advise, order, etc.
Note:
To change direct to indirect, hilangkanlah ( ') and the comma (') opening and closing quotation marks, and then add that word.
- Imperative sentence :
Direct Speech: She said, "Do not do that again!" (He said, "Do not do it again!)
Indirect Speech: She of toll me to do not do that again. (He told me to do it again!)
Direct Speech: She said, "Do your task now!" (He said, "Do your duty now!)
Indirect Speech: She said to me to do my task then. (He told me to do my job later)
Direct: My aunt said, "Do not spill it on the couch!" (My aunt said, "Do not spill it on the sofa!)
Indirect: My aunt of toll me not to spill it on the sofa. (My aunt said that do not spill it on the carpet)
Note:
All you have to consider the sentence is to command and not to for Indirect Speech (if it starts with the sentence do not in Direct Speech)
Quantity asked:
Direct: "What is your occupation?" She asked ( "What do you do?" He asked)
Indirect: She asked me what my occupation was. (He asked me what I do)
Direct: She asked, "Where do you come from?" (He asked, "Where do you come from?")
Indirect: She asked me where I come from. (He asked me where did I come from?)
Direct: "Do you know the real story?" (Do you know the true story?)
Indirect: He asked me if (Whether) I KNEW the real story. (He asked me if I knew the true story?)
Note:
To the words of W + 1H five questions (what, where, why, how, when, etc), friend - friends must place and adjust tensesnya first. But if there is no word Tanya, friend - friends bias to begin with if or Whether.
In changing news interrogative sentence into a sentence, the sentence was a question mark is replaced by a point (not asked) in indirect speech.
Which should be noticed in making sentences indirectly from direct sentences are:
Their time change: When reporting verbnya is say, ask, advise, order, etc.
Note:
To change direct to indirect, hilangkanlah ( ') and the comma (') opening and closing quotation marks, and then add that word.
- Imperative sentence :
Direct Speech: She said, "Do not do that again!" (He said, "Do not do it again!)
Indirect Speech: She of toll me to do not do that again. (He told me to do it again!)
Direct Speech: She said, "Do your task now!" (He said, "Do your duty now!)
Indirect Speech: She said to me to do my task then. (He told me to do my job later)
Direct: My aunt said, "Do not spill it on the couch!" (My aunt said, "Do not spill it on the sofa!)
Indirect: My aunt of toll me not to spill it on the sofa. (My aunt said that do not spill it on the carpet)
Note:
All you have to consider the sentence is to command and not to for Indirect Speech (if it starts with the sentence do not in Direct Speech)
Quantity asked:
Direct: "What is your occupation?" She asked ( "What do you do?" He asked)
Indirect: She asked me what my occupation was. (He asked me what I do)
Direct: She asked, "Where do you come from?" (He asked, "Where do you come from?")
Indirect: She asked me where I come from. (He asked me where did I come from?)
Direct: "Do you know the real story?" (Do you know the true story?)
Indirect: He asked me if (Whether) I KNEW the real story. (He asked me if I knew the true story?)
Note:
To the words of W + 1H five questions (what, where, why, how, when, etc), friend - friends must place and adjust tensesnya first. But if there is no word Tanya, friend - friends bias to begin with if or Whether.
In changing news interrogative sentence into a sentence, the sentence was a question mark is replaced by a point (not asked) in indirect speech.
change
Direct Speech Indirect Speech Become
direct and indirect speech Generally direct speech can be converted into indirect speech by removing the quotation marks and capital letters (the initial letters of the word in quotation marks omitted), add words that / Whether / if, adjust pronoun, verb, and / or time reference.
direct and indirect speech Generally direct speech can be converted into indirect speech by removing the quotation marks and capital letters (the initial letters of the word in quotation marks omitted), add words that / Whether / if, adjust pronoun, verb, and / or time reference.
Example of
changes :
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Direct Speech
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Indirect Speech
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Explanation
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Statement
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"I
like eating out," said Vina.
(I like to
eat outside.)
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Vina said
that she liked eating out.
(Vina said
that she likes to eat outside.)
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Quotation
marks omitted,
pronoun I changed to she (the third), and the verb like changed
to past tense liked assuming Vina no longer like to eat outside
or the messenger just focus on past conversations.
But if the
verb can be fixed like the messenger believe the statement is still
valid, for example because it is delivered as soon as the messenger hear
those words.
See : Modifications verb in reported speech |
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Question
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“Have you
finished your homework?” he asked.
(Have you
finished your homework?)
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He wanted to know whether I had
finished my homework.
(He wanted
to know whether I had finished my homework.)
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Whether /
if added to deliver the news in the form of yes-no question having
been heard before.
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Imperative
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“Wake up
now!” she shouted.
(Wake up
now!)
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She told
me to wake up at that time.
(At that
time he told me to get up.)
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