Quoted / Reported Speech
Direct speech
Indirect speech
Reported speech
Who said or thought it?
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Information structure
অর্থ
A structure that reports speech, thought, belief, command, or question directly or indirectly.
কীভাবে চিনবেন
Ask whose words or thoughts are being represented.
উদাহরণ
শব্দ
said|told|asked|thought|quoted
বাক্যাংশ
he said that|she asked if|according to him
বাক্য
She said that she was tired.
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Basic shape
SPEAKER / THINKER
She said [that she was tired].
[reported thought]
Ask: whose words?
→ She represents them.
Compare shape
Direct quote: She said, "I am tired." Indirect report: She said [that she was tired]. Check shifts: I→she, am→was.
ভাষাভিত্তিক ভিউ
আপনার ভাষায়
Bengali (standard)
উপস্থিতির মাত্রা
strong
গুরুত্ব
Reported speech often uses বলা and complement/quotative structures with যে or direct quotation.
সে বলল, “আমি আসব।”
He/she said, “I will come.”
শেখার ভাষায়
Japanese
উপস্থিতির মাত্রা
strong
কঠিনতার মাত্রা
Reported speech commonly uses the quotative particle と and speech verbs.
彼女は疲れたと言った。
She said that she was tired.
শিক্ষার্থীদের সাধারণ সমস্যা
Learners may omit と or mishandle tense and politeness inside quoted content.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.