Quoted / Reported Speech
Who said or thought it?
Bedeutung
A structure that reports speech, thought, belief, command, or question directly or indirectly.
So erkennst Du es
Ask whose words or thoughts are being represented.
Beispiele
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.
Sprachansicht
In deiner Muttersprache
Reported speech may use dass clauses or Konjunktiv I in formal writing.
Er sagte, er komme später.
He said he come-subjunctive later.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Englisch unterscheidet direkte Rede und berichtete Rede mit Verben wie say oder tell, möglichen Zeitverschiebungen, Pronomenwechseln und Zeichensetzung.
She said that she was tired.
that she was tired = der berichtete Inhalt dessen, was sie sagte
Lernende haben oft Probleme mit Zeitverschiebung, Anführungszeichen und Kommas sowie Änderungen bei Pronomen und Zeitangaben.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.