4. L’estil indirecte
S’usa per comunicar el que ha dit una altra persona sense repetir-ho
textualment.
‘There was and earthquake last night’, the reporter said.
The reporter said that there had been and earthquake the night before.
NOTA
Say i tell signifiquen el mateix però s’incorporen a estructures
diferents,
•say + (that) + Subjecte [I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they]
•tell + objecte indirecte + (that) + subjecte [me, his, her,
our...]
‘I want to be famous,’ said Alex to her friends
Alex said to her friends that he wanted to be
famous
Alex told her friends that she wanted to be famous
Canvis que es produeixen per passar de l’estil directe a l’indirecte
* Les cometes desapareixen
- ‘I hate reality TV,’ said Marta.
- Marta said that she hated reality TV.
* Pronoms personals i adjectius o pronoms possessius
- ‘I was really proud of my brother when he won a quiz show,’
said Clare.
- Clare said that she had been really proud of her brother
when he had won a quiz show.
* Pronoms demostratius i adjectius
- ‘Is this our new car?’ Asked Rachel.
- Rachel asked if that was their new car.
+ el mateix amb these --- those
* Adverbis de lloc
- ‘This cafè is awful; we can’t eat here!’ said Paul.
- Paul said that cafè was awful and the couldn’t eat there.
Canvis en les expressions temporals
Direct speech Reported speech
now then
today that day
yesterday the day before
the day before yesterday two days before
tomorrow the next day / the following day
