VORBIREA INDIRECTA
Vorbirea indirecta se foloseste pentru a relata cuvintele unei alte
persoane. Principalele categorii ale vorbirii indirecte sunt: afirmatii,
interogatii, comenzi.
A. Afirmatii. Trecerea de la afirmatii directe la afirmatii indirecte
necesita cateva schimbari in:
- timpurile
verbale
- pronume si
adjective
- adverbe
Verbe.
Verbele regulate schimba timpul doar cand verbul
relatarii (say, tell, ask etc.) este la trecut. Nu exista schimbari de
timp daca verbul relatarii nu este la trecut.
Vorbirea directa
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Vorbirea indirecta
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He always says: ‘Jane works too hard.’
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He always says that Jane works too hard.
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He is saying: ‘Jane works too hard.’
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He is saying that Jane works too hard.
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He will say: ‘Jane works too hard.’
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He will say that Jane works too hard.
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Tabelul schimbarilor temporale cand verbul relatarii este la trecut.
Vorbirea directa
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Vorbirea indirecta
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He said: ‘Jane works hard.’
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He said that Jane worked hard.
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He said: ‘Jane is working hard.’
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He said that Jane was working hard.
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He said: ‘Jane has worked hard.’
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He said that Jane had worked hard.
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He said: ‘Jane has been working hard.’
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He said that Jane had been working hard.
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He said: ‘Jane worked hard.’
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He said that Jane had worked.
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He said: ‘Jane will work hard.’
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He said that Jane would work hard.
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He said: ‘Jane will be working hard.’
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He said that Jane would be working hard.
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NOTA: Dar:
He said: ‘Jane would work hard.’
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He said that Jane would work hard.
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He said: ‘Jane would have worked hard.’
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He said that Jane would have worked hard.
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ATENTIE: Conditionalele la vorbirea indirecta urmeaza regulile:
Vorbirea directa
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Vorbirea indirecta
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Tip 1:
Jo said: ‘If I listen, I will learn.’
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(usual change) Jo said
if she listened, she would learn.
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Tip 2:
Jo said: ‘If I listened, I would learn.’
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(no change) Jo said if
she listened, she would learn.
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Tip 3:
Jo said: ‘If I had listened, I would have learned.’
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(no change) Jo said if
she had listened, she would have learned.
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Verbele modale se modifica in felul urmator:
Vorbirea directa
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Vorbirea indirecta
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can
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could
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may
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might
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will
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would
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shall
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should
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Celelalte verbe modale nu isi modifica forma.
Dora
said: ‘Tina can do it.’ (d)
Dora
said that Tina could do it. (i)
I
said: ‘They ought to move it.’ (d)
I
said that they ought to move it. (i)
Pronumele si adjectivele se modifica de la vorbirea
directa la vorbirea indirecta. Iata tabelul modificarilor:
Vorbirea directa
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Vorbirea indirecta
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I
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he/she
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my
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his/her
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mine
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his/hers
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you
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I/he/she/we/they
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your
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my/his/her/our/their
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yours
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mine/his/hers/ours/theirs
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we
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they
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our
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their
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ours
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theirs
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this/these
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that/those
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Ted said: ‘I am angry.’ (d) Ted
said that he was angry. (i)
Al and Tim said: ‘These seats are ours.’ (d) Al and Tim said that those seats were theirs. (i)
Terry asked: ‘How are you?’ (d) Terry
asked how I was. (i)
NOTA: Cand vorbitorul isi relateaza propriile cuvinte, pronumele si
adjectivele raman neschimbate.
I said: “I
am angry.’ (d) I
said I was angry. (i)
Adverbele si expresiile verbale se modifica de la
vorbirea directa la vorbirea indirecta. Iata tabelul modificarilor:
Vorbirea directa
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Vorbirea indirecta
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here
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there, in that place
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now
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then, at that time
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today
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that day
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yesterday
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the day before
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the day before yesterday
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two days before
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tomorrow
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the day after
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the day after tomorrow
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in two days
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an hour ago
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an hour before
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a week ago
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a week before
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a month ago
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a month before
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next year
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the following year
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next week
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the following week
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last month
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a month before
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last week
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a week before
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Heidi said: ‘It’s raining now.’ (d) Heidi said it was raining then. (i)
Ann said: ‘I saw her yesterday.’ (d) Ann
said that she had seen her the day before.
(i)
NOTA: Alte verbe
ale vorbirii indirecte pot fi:
agree/refuse/offer/promise + INFINITIV
Harry
said that he would invite them. = Harry agreed
to invite them.
I
said that I would not throw it away. = I refused
to throw it away.
accuse/admit/apologize/deny + forma in -ING
He
said that he had done it. = He admitted
doing it.
He
said that he had not done it. = He denied
doing it.
add/answer/argue/complain/explain/object/protest/reply/remark
Amelia
answered that she had not seen them.
Didn’t
you reply that you didn’t care?
B. Interogatii. Trecerea
de la interogatii directe la interogatii indirecte cere aceleasi modificari (timp
verbal, pronume si adjective, adverbe) ca si pentru afirmatii.
- topica
verbelor interogative in interogatia directa se modifica in interogatia
indirecta devenind topica verbelor afirmative:
Ellie
said: ‘Where do you live?’ (d)
Ellie
asked where I lived. (i)
I
asked: ‘Who did she go with?’
(d)
I
asked who she had gone with. (i)
- interogatia
directa nu poate folosi pe say; folositi un verb cu sens
interogativ, cum ar fi: ask, inquire, wonder etc.
Matt said:
‘Why is he going to do it?’ (d)
Matt wondered
why he was going to do it. (i)
We said:
‘How does it look?’ (d)
We asked
how it looked. (i)
- folositi if in interogatia indirecta
atunci cand nu exista alt cuvant interogativ (who, why, where, what, when, how):
Tom
asked: ‘Is Lucy at home?’ (d)
Tom
asked if Lucy was home. (i)
They
asked: ‘Do you smoke?’ (d)
They
asked (me) if I smoked. (i)
C. Comenzi (cereri si sfaturi). Trecerea de la comenzi, cerinte si
sfaturi directe la forma lor indirecta urmeaza reguli diferite.
- in
constructia indirecta, verbul este urmat de complement + INFINITIV cu to:
He
said: ‘Claire, stand up!’ (d)
He
told Claire to stand up. (i)
They
said: ‘Come in, Kitty!’ (d)
They
ordered Kitty to come in. (i)
- chiar daca
in comanda directa nu este mentionat complementul, la forma indirecta este
necesar un complement pronominal:
He
said: ‘Stand up!’ (d)
He
told he/him/us etc. to stand up. (i)
They
said: ‘Come in!’ (d)
They
told me/her/them etc. to come in. (d)
- pentru a
reda o comanda negativa, forma indirecta primeste pe not inaintea INFINITIVULUI:
Barbara
said: ‘Don’t touch.’ (d)
Barbara
asked him/us not to touch. (i)
Rita
said: ‘Don’t go swimming, kids!’ (d)
Rita
told the kids not to go swimming. (i)
- verbele folosite in comenzi, cereri, sfaturi
indirecte sunt:
tell order advise command forbid
invite remind request warn ask
I
advised him to tell the truth.
We warned him not to call her.
EXERCITII
1. Treceti propozitiile la vorbirea indirecta.
- Dad always says: ‘When I was you age, I would
earn the money myself.’
- I know that Eileen will say: ‘You should take
care of yourself.’
- Darla told her husband: ‘I’m starting my new
job tomorrow.’
- The old man commented: ‘The weather will change.’
- The proverb says: ‘Not all that glitters is
gold.’
- They have recently announced: ‘We plan to get
married next year.’
- Alison admitted: ‘I like Alex, too.’
- The Americans like to say: ‘Time is money.’
- The salesman told my wife: ‘Our encyclopedia
has always sold very well.’
- The
teacher promised: ‘I’ll correct your papers by tomorrow.’
2. Treceti propozitiile
conditionale la vorbirea indirecta.
- Mon said: ‘If I can, I’ll pick you up at
school.’
- The union leader told the workers: ‘If the
company doesn’t increase your salaries, you will go on strike.’
- The author told the audience: ‘If you had read
my last book, you would have understood.’
- The priest always tells his parishioners: ‘If
anyone read the Bible daily, it would be a better world.’
- Tom yelled at his son: ‘If you don’t look out,
I’ll hit you.’
- The lawyer explained: ‘If your wife hadn’t
signed the contract, you would have had your money back last year.’
- I told my daughter: ‘If your room is messy,
you will not be allowed to go out with your friends.’
- The candidate announced: ‘If I am elected, I
will improve schools and lower taxes.’
- The historian insisted: ‘If the war had lasted
another year, the entire country would have been destroyed.’
- The man
said: ‘If Agassi won, he would get the cup.’
3. Treceti propozitiile la vorbirea indirecta (afirmatii, interogatii si
comenzi indirecte).
- Mr. Watson ordered: ‘Fax the letter
immediately, Miss Martin!’
- Paul agreed: ‘It’s all true.’
- My neighbour wondered: ‘Will Mrs. Huxley be able to manage alone?’
- I’m sure Mom will be wondering: ‘Where in the
world is he?’
- The detective told the police captain: ‘If I
had known the answer, I’d have sold the case earlier.’
- Janice said loudly: ‘People like that should
be locked up.’
- The flight assistant told the passengers: ‘fasten
your seatbelts and refrain from smoking until landing.’
- The lyrics by Sinatra say: ‘I want to do it my
way.’
- The lady asked the jeweler: ‘Would you mind
showing me the diamond bracelet in the window?’
- I can
well remember the morning that the radio announced: ‘The war has ended!’