Le discours rapporté

Le discours rapporté rapporte ce que quelqu'un a dit sans le citer directement. Les temps verbaux reculent généralement d'un cran (présent → passé), et les pronoms/mots de temps changent pour correspondre au nouveau locuteur et moment.

Examples

• "I am tired," she said. → She said (that) she was tired.
• "I will call you," he said. → He said he would call me.
• "I have finished," they said. → They said they had finished.
• She asked if I liked coffee.
• He told me he was leaving the next day.

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