Bei der Reported Speech erzählst du jemandem, was dir eine andere Person erzählt hat. Im Deutschen wird die Reported Speech als Indirekte Rede bezeichnet.
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Einleitungssatz mit "to tell"/ "to say" (z.B. Kelly said that she liked dogs.)
Änderung der Personen/ Pronomen
Änderung der Zeitformen
Änderung von Expressionen der Zeit und des Ortes (z.B. this evening --> last evening; here --> there)
Einleitungssatz
"to tell"
I told you
You told them
He/She/It told me
We told them
You told me
They told me
"to say"
I said that
You said that
He/She/It said that
We said that
You said that
They said that
Änderung der Zeitformen
Die Zeitform ändern sich:
Simple Present -> Simple Past
z. B.: Michael said: „I like apples."
I told him that Micheal said he liked apples.
Simple Past -> Past Perfect
Present Perfect -> Past Perfect
Past Perfect -> Past Perfect
will - future -> would - future
can -> could
Änderung von Ort und Zeit
yesterday -> the day before
here -> there
today -> that day
these -> those
(a week) ago -> (a week) before
now -> then
this -> that
last (weekend) -> (the weekend) before
tomorrow -> the following day
