Reported Speech

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Reported Speech

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Reported Speech

• To report what someone said in ENGLISH you use
  the simple past, the past progressive, or the
  conditional tense.
• Spanish uses a variety of tenses as well for
  reported speech.

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Reported Speech

• Simple past tense
• Nico said that he went to the movies.
• Past progressive tense
• Nico said that he was going to the movies.
• Conditional tense
• Nico said that he would go to the movies.

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Reported Speech

• You use reported speech to relay information
  about what someone said without using a direct
  quote.

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Reported Speech

• The second verb in the sentence with reported
  speech can use the preterite, the imperfect, or
  the conditional.

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Reported Speech

• Preterite
• Direct quoteNico dijo, Fui al teatro.
• Reported SpeechNico dijo que fue al teatro.

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Reported Speech

• Imperfect
• Direct quoteNico dijo, Voy al teatro.
• Reported SpeechNico dijo que iba al teatro.

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Reported Speech

• Conditional
• Direct quoteNico dijo, Iré al teatro.
• Reported speechNico dijo que iría al teatro.

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Reported Speech

• If you use decir to express what someone told
  another to do, use the subjunctive for the 2nd
  verb
• Nico dice que vayas al teatro.
• Nico says that you should go to the theater.