Reported Speech
Say vs tell and basic reporting
Introducción
El estilo indirecto (reported speech) es cómo contamos a otros lo que alguien dijo. En vez de citar directamente ("She said, 'I'm tired'"), lo reportamos indirectamente ("She said she was tired").
La diferencia entre "say" y "tell" es un tropiezo común para los estudiantes de inglés. "Tell" siempre necesita un objeto (tell someone), mientras que "say" no (say something). En español usamos "decir" para ambos casos, pero el inglés distingue claramente entre los dos.
Dominar los patrones básicos del estilo indirecto te ayudará a transmitir información de manera natural en conversaciones.
Temas
Say vs TellDirect SpeechIndirect SpeechReporting Verbs
Más populares
- 1 say vs tell Two ways to report what someone said
- 2 Basic Reported Speech Reporting what someone said in the past
- 3 say vs tell (Basic) When to use each reporting verb
- 4 Direct vs Reported Speech The difference between quoting exactly and reporting
- 5 Tense Changes in Reported Speech How tenses shift back in reported speech
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- say vs tell Two ways to report what someone said
- Direct vs Reported Speech The difference between quoting exactly and reporting
- Tense Changes in Reported Speech How tenses shift back in reported speech
- Basic Reported Speech Reporting what someone said in the past
- say vs tell (Basic) When to use each reporting verb
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