Quoted / Reported Speech
Who said or thought it?
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
said|told|asked|thought|quoted
he said that|she asked if|according to him
She said that she was tired.
Visual guide
SPEAKER / THINKER
She said [that she was tired].
[reported thought]
Ask: whose words?
→ She represents them.
Direct quote: She said, "I am tired." Indirect report: She said [that she was tired]. Check shifts: I→she, am→was.
ভাষাভিত্তিক ভিউ
আপনার মাতৃভাষায়
Reported speech often uses বলা and complement/quotative structures with যে or direct quotation.
সে বলল, “আমি আসব।”
He/she said, “I will come.”
আপনি যে ভাষা শিখছেন, সেই ভাষায়
English distinguishes direct and reported speech with reporting verbs, tense backshift, pronouns, and punctuation.
She said that she was tired.
reported clause = reported speech
Learners often struggle with tense shift, quote punctuation, and pronoun/time changes.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.