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54. Discurso directo e indirecto

Direct and indirect speech
(direct and indirect spi..ch)
(discurso directo e indirecto)

"direct speech" = el discurso directo se usa para expresar algo directamente, es lo
que una persona dice o nos dice directamente.
Ex:
I am tired.
I am going to Cancún this weekend.
"simple indirect speech" = el discurso indirecto simple es un reporte simple que
damos o que nos dan de lo que una persona dijo.
Ex:
You) John said "I am tired".
Mary) the other day you told me "I donot like going to my house" and now you are
going.

"complete indirect speech" = el discurso o reporte indirecto completo se usa para
comunicarle a una persona lo que otra persona dijo.
Ex:
John) I am tired. = frase directa.

You tell another person) John said he was tired!. = frase o reporte indirecto.

Rules:
1) Si en una frase directa se usa la acción "to be", entonces en el reporte indirecto se
usa el pasado de "to be" (was, were).
Ex:
-
Be ----- was / were.
To be going to ------- was / were going to.

Frase directa: I am tired.
Frase indirecta: he said that he was tired.

She is going to travel to Acapulco.
- She said that she was going to travel to Acapulco.
2) Si en la frase directas se usa: ---- entonces en las frases indirectas se
usa:

Can ---- could.
May ---- might.
Will ---- would.
Simple present ---- simple past.

simple past
Present perfect past perfect.
past perfect

Ex:
Frase directa) I can do that.

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