Quoted / Reported Speech
Who said or thought it?
Significato
A structure that reports speech, thought, belief, command, or question directly or indirectly.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask whose words or thoughts are being represented.
Esempi
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.
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Reported speech uses reporting verbs, pronoun shifts, and tense sequence.
Ha detto che era stanca.
She said that she was tired.
Nella tua lingua di studio
L'inglese distingue discorso diretto e discorso riportato con verbi come say e tell, cambi di tempo verbale, pronomi e punteggiatura.
She said that she was tired.
that she was tired = parte del discorso riportata
Chi studia ha spesso difficoltà con il cambio dei tempi, le virgolette e i cambi di pronomi o riferimenti temporali.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.