Indirect Speech

Direct and Indirect Speech

·         Quando o verbo que indica o relato (say / tell / ask) estiver no Presente Simples, Presente Contínuo, Presente Perfeito ou Futuro Simples, o tempo do verbo do enunciado não sofrerá mudanças:

They say… They’re saying… They have said… They’ll say …

“We are the best.”

They say… They’re saying… They have said… They’ll say …

(that) they are the best.

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·         Quando o verbo que indica o relato estiver no passado (said / told / asked) o verbo do enunciado sofrerá alterações, tendendo ao passado.

Discurso Direto                       They said...                            They said (that)...       Discurso Indireto

tempo verbal			tempo verbal
Pres. Simples	“We write a book.”	they wrote a book.	Pas. Simples
Pres. Contínuo	“We are writing a book.”	they were writing a book.	Pas. Contínuo
Pas. Contínuo	“We were writing a book.”	they were/had been writing a book.	Pas. Cont/Perf.
Pas. Simples Pres. Perfeito Pas. Perfeito	“We wrote a book.” “We have written a book.” “We had written a book.”	they had written a book. they had written a book. they had written a book.	Pas. Perfeito Pas. Perfeito Pas. Perfeito
Futuro Condicional	“We will write a book.” “We would write a book.”	they would write a book. they would write a book.	Condicional Condicional

Para formar perguntas no Discurso Indireto, observe se a frase apresenta ou não palavra interrogativa:

“ask” – perguntar:       The doctor asked: “When did you start felling badly?

                                   The doctor asked when I had started feeling badly. – a palavra interrogativa é repetida.

 “ask” – perguntar:      The doctor asked: “Did you take you medicine?

                                   The doctor asked if  I had taken my medicine. – quando não há palavra interrogative, usamos a conjunção IF (se).

Imperativo Afirmativo:                       My mom told me: “Go to bed early!”

                                               My mom told me to go to bed early.  ó  verbo no infinito

Imperativo Negativo               My mom told me: “Don’t watch TV at night.”

                                               My mom told me not to watch TV at night.    ó  NOT + verbo no infinito

Pay Attention!

Algumas palavras mudam ao passarmos uma frase do discurso direto para o indireto,

como sujeito, possessivos, expressões de tempo.

SAY X TELL

say – dizer       Verbo seguido de preposição + pronome.      She said to me, “I’m so happy!

tell – dizer, contar   Verbo seguido de pronome sem preposição.      She told me, “I’m so happy!