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ll discorso indirett o (lndirect Speech)
ll discorso indiretto(indirect speech) è usato per riferire cosa qualcuno ha detto o chiesto. Î A

Per prima cosa, occorre identificare quando si riporta il discorso fatto:
I se quanto è stato detto è riportato a distanza di poco tempo ed è ancora vero, il discorso può essere M
riferito senza modificare i tempi verbali;
2 se il discorso è riferito a distanza di tempo, esso assume un valore passato e, di conseg oenza. A
occorre modificare i verbi, spostandoli indietro di un tempo verbale (per esempio, da indicativo K
presente a indicativo passato remoto), così come avviene in italiano. g
g1
La tabella evidenzia i cambiamenti nei tempi verbali passando da discorso diretto a discorso indiretto.

u
She said she apptied that
present simple I apply this face cream. past simple
face cream. P
I am applying this face She said she was applying
present continuous past continuous
cream, that face cream.
past simple She said she applied that
face cream,
past simple I applied this face cream.
past perfect She said she had applied
that face cream.
I have applied this face She said she had applied
present perfect past perfect
cream. that face cream.
past continuous She said she was apptying
I was apptying this face that face cream.
past continuous
cteam. past perfect continuous She said she had been
applying that face cream.
I wilt apply this face She said she woutd appLy
will would
cream. that face cream.
I am going to apply this She said she was going to
am/is/are going to was/were going to
face cream. apply that face cream.
I can apply this face She said she could apply
can could
cfeam. that face cream.
I may apply this face She said she might apply
may might
cream. that face cream.
I shall apply this face She said she should apply
shall should
cream. that face cream.
I must appiy this face had to She said she had to apply
cleam. that face cream.
must
All spa guests must be at must She said all spa guests
least 14 years of age. (se esprime un obbligo must be at least 14 years
sempre valido) of age.

La tabella seguente evidenzia i tempi verbali e i verbi modali che, passando da discorso diretto a
discorso indiretto, non subiscono variazioni.

I had applied this face She said she had apptied
past perfect past perfect
cream. that face cream.
I would apply this face She said she woutd appty
present conditional present conditional
cream. that face cream.
I would have applied this She said she would have
past conditional past conditional
face cream. applied that face cream.