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Reported Speech Rules Explained

1. Reported speech, or indirect speech, has rules for changing verb tenses and other elements when reporting what someone has said. Verbs typically change to one tense back (e.g. present to past). 2. If the original verb is in the present, it does not change. There is an exception where if the reported information is still factually true, the tense does not change. 3. Modal verbs like "can" and "will" change to "could" and "would" respectively, while others like "should" remain the same. "Must" can change to "had to".

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Reported Speech Rules Explained

1. Reported speech, or indirect speech, has rules for changing verb tenses and other elements when reporting what someone has said. Verbs typically change to one tense back (e.g. present to past). 2. If the original verb is in the present, it does not change. There is an exception where if the reported information is still factually true, the tense does not change. 3. Modal verbs like "can" and "will" change to "could" and "would" respectively, while others like "should" remain the same. "Must" can change to "had to".

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REPORTED SPEECH

Kod ovog govora postoje sledeći slučajevi tj.pravila kojih se moramo pridržavati:
1.Ako se glagol nalazi u prošlom vremenu(told,said,etc),obično tada važi skoro za sve gčagole da se oni
menjaju tj.vračaju se za jedno vreme unazad.Npr:
Present ►► Past - I am going ►► He said he was going.
Present perfect ►► Past perfect - She is passed her exams ► He told me she had passed her exams.
Past ►► Past perfect - My father died when I was six. She said her father had died when she was six.
2.Ako je glagol u sadašnjem vremenu(says,asks)tada ne dolazi do promene vremena.Na primer:
The train will be late. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - -He says the train will be late.
I come from Spain.- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - She says she comes from Spain.
3.Kod vračanja vremena unazad za jedno vreme postoji jedan izuzetak.Ako „reported speech“govori o
nečemu što je točno tj.njegov je iskaz tačan,vreme ostaje isto.Na primer:
Rainforests are being destroyed.-- - - - - - -- - - - - - - -She told him that rainforests are being destroyed.
I hate football. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -I told him I hate football.
4.Takođe se pravilo“vračanej vremena unazad“primenjuje kod ovog govora kada on iskazuje neka
osećanja ili misli.Na primer: I thought she was married,but she is not.
I did not know he was a teacher.I thought he worked in a bank.
I forgot you were coming.Never mind.Come in.
5.Neki modalni glagoli imaju svoju promenu.Na primer:
can ►►►►could ; She can type well.He told me she could type well.
will ►►►►would; I will help you.She said she would help me.
may ►►►► might; I may come.She said she might come.
Što se pak drgih modalnih glagola tiče oni nemaju svoju promenu.
You should go to bed.He told me I should go to bed.
It might rain.She said she thought it might rain.
Modalni glagol must može ostati nepromenjen ali se isto takođe može promeniti u had to.Na primer:
I must go! He said he must go. He said he had to go.
6.U večini ustanovljenim rečenicama,upotrebljava se that posle glagola u ovom govoru.Na primer:
He told(that) he would be home late. She said(that)sales were down on last year.
7.Postoji veliki broj glagola ovog govora.(REPORTED SPEECH).U vrlo retkim situacijama glagol say
se upotrebljava sa indirektnim licima i predmetima kao na primer:
She said she was going. NEISPRAVNO JE REĆI She said to me she was going.
Glagol tell se uvek upotrebljava sa indirektnim objektima u ovom govoru.

ME
THE DOCTOR
SHE TOLD US THE NEWS
HER HUSBAND
Za razliku od glagola say i tell večina ostalih glagola su opisni kao na primer:
EXPLAIN(objasniti),INTERRUPT(prekinuti),DEMAND(oskudevati),ADMIT(propu
stiti),COMPLAIN
(žaliti se),WARN(upozoriti).INSIST(insistirati).

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