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Reported Speach

DIRECT SPEECH

- repetem-se as mesmas palavras de quem fala ou falou
- Vem entre aspas

ex. He said: "They will travel"

INDIRECT SPEECH

- A mensagem é a mesma, mas com as palavras do narrador.
- Há a mudança da forma verbal do direct speech.
- Não vem entre aspas, havendo ou não a inclusão de THAT.

ex. He said (that) they would travel.

Principais correlações verbais no Reported Speech

exemplos:
>>He said: "She is writing letters". (pres.continuous)
He said (that) she was writing letters. (past continuous)

>>They said: "We arrived late". (simple past)
Thay said (that) they had arrived late. (past perfect)

Casos especiais

1) Imperativo (said --> told)
- He said: "Go home and rest!" (direct)

He told me to go home and rest (indirect)

obs.
> observe que o tempo verbal não muda.
> No entanto, além de told, a forma said pode, no imperativo, adquirir outras formas.

She said: "Go home and rest!"
She told/commanded/ordered/request/begged me to go home and rest

2) Pergunta (said --> asked)
- He said: "Can you wait a minute?" (direct)
He asked me wheter I could wait a minute. (indirect)

nota. wheter = if

Mudanças de algumas expressões no reported speech

exemplos:
- She said: "I studied this yesterday"
She said (that) she had studied that the day before.

- John said: "I will be here today"
John said (that) he would be there that day.