Sabtu, 23 Februari 2013

INTEROGATIVE REPORTED/INDIRECT SPEECHES

In reported or indirect speech, there is another way to change from the oroginal or from the direct speech into indirect speech. That is, we have to change it from the question into statement, from the interogative into positive. While the other changes are the same as those in common indirect or reported speeches; positive sentences or negative ones, such as 'this' is changed into 'that', 'these' into 'those' (depending on the place), 'last year' into 'the previouse year', 'next year' is changed into 'the following year', and so on, 'I' is changed into 'he/she', 'my' into 'his/her' (depending on the gender or sex of the speaker).
The ways are, we should change from the questions into statements, if they are: Yes/No questions, there should be (if or whether), after the main sentences, and then put the (to be: am, are, is, was, were, be, been, being), at the end of the sentence, while, whenever the questions use 'Do', 'Does', 'Did' at the beginning, then we should omit them. Excactly, we have to make them into statements. And whenever the questios are in wh-questions, then: we should still use those wh-questions after the main sentences. Here are the examples of the changes in the serntences. Take a look at both direct sentences and indirect ones, either the original sentences or reported ones:
Anton asked Dewi, "What time do you usually get up in th  morning?"
Anton asked Dewi, what time she usually got up in themorning.
Mother asked me, "Did your friend go to movie with you last night?"
Mother asked me if my friend had gone to the movie with me the night before.
Tonny asked Michella, " Are you okay?"
Tonny asked Michella wheter she was okay.
Buddi asked Yohanna, why don't you invite me to your party?"
Buddi asked Yohanna, why she didn't invite him to her party.
Anggoro asked Andine, "Which book do you want to read?"
Anggoro asked Andine, which book he wanted to read.
Student asked the teacher, What time is it, Sir?"
Student asked the teacher what time it was.
Yoan asked Berta, "Do you know what love is?"
Yoan asked Berta if she knew what love was.
When the main verb is in present, 'asks' then there are no changes of the form of tense from the original. Here are the differences, from the above sentences:
Anton asks Dewi, "What time do you usually get up in th  morning?"
Anton asks Dewi, what time she usually gets up in themorning.
Mother asks me, "Did your friend go to movie with you last night?"
Mother asks me if my friend went to the movie with me the last night.
Tonny asks Michella, " Are you okay?"
Tonny asks Michella wheter she is okay.
Buddi asks Yohanna, why don't you invite me to your party?"
Buddi asks Yohanna, why she doesn't invite him to her party.
Anggoro asks Andine, "Which book do you want to read?"
Anggoro asks Andine, which book he wants to read.
Student asks the teacher, What time is it, Sir?"
Student asks the teacher what time it is.
Yoan asks Berta, "Do you know what love is?"
Yoan asks Berta if she knows what love is.
Notes:
'if' or 'whether', means 'apa' or 'apakah' use one of them.
'he'/'she', depending on the sex

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