Blog 2: Language / Reported Speech lesson

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REPORTED SPEECH

Le passage au style indirect apporte plusieurs modifications.

A) Si le temps ne change pas :

The journalist asks Thomas : « Do you think we can build a living wall here ? Will your buildings be expensive? »

⇒She asks Peter IF HE thinkS THEY can build a living wall here.

She asks HIM IF HIS buildings will be expensive …

⇒changement de syntaxe (ordre des mots) dans les questions : il n’y a plus ASV

⇒changement de ponctuation : il n’y a plus de guillemets dans les questions

⇒changement de pronoms personnels et de pronoms et déterminants possessifs (my buildings→ his buildings).

B) Si le discours est rapporté au passé :

En plus des modifications ci-dessus il faut ajouter :

⇒modification des indicateurs spatiaux et temporels (si le discours n’est pas rapporté le même jour)

Ex : Thomas: « I saw the tower yesterday » → Thomas said that he had seen the tower the day before …

Ex2 :Thomas: « Will you visit the place tomorrow ? » → He asked me if I would visit the place the next day/ the following day…

⇒ modification des temps

Présent ⇒ passé EX : I work in New York → he said (that) he WORKED in NY.

Passé ⇒ pluperfect EX : I built this tower → he said (that) he HAD BUILT this tower.

Present perfect → pluperfect EX : I have been to NY → he said she HAD BEEN to NY.

WILL⇒WOULD EX : I will read this document. → he said (that) he WOULD read this document.

CAN ⇒ COULD EX : I can do it… → he said (that) he COULD do it…

C) Rapporter des ordres

Pour rapporter des ordres on utilise une subordonnée en « TO ».

Ex : « Do it ! » She told/ asked us TO do it.

D) Varier les verbes introducteurs

Les verbes introducteurs ne sont pas toujours say (to someone) , tell someone ou ask…

Pensez à les varier.

EX : explain, add, suggest, mention, point out, wonder, admit, retort, shout, whisper, complain…

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