Reported speech
Не всегда надо изменять время глагола, когда мы используем его в косвенной речи. Если вы сообщаете о какой-либо ситуации и полагаете, что она еще существует, менять время глагола нет необходимости.
Direct: Mark said `Venice is more beautiful than Rome.`
Reported: Mark said Venice is/was more beautiful than Rome.
Direct: Diana said `I want to be a film star.`
Reported: Diana said she wants/wanted to be a film star.
Заметим, что изменение глагола на прошедшее время будет тоже правильным. Но вы должны использовать прошедшее время, если к моменту вашего разговора ситуация изменилась. Рассмотрим пример:
Вы встретили Люсю.
Must, might, could, would, should и ought остаются в косвенной речи неизменными.
May в прямой речи обычно превращается в might в косвенной.
Tell и say
Если вы говорите о том, С КЕМ вы разговариваете, используйте tell:
Jim told me he would be late.
В других случаях пользуйтесь say:
Jim said he would be late. he…’)
Кроме того, нельзя сказать `Tom told about his children’. Вы должны сказать:
Tom told us about his children.
Если вы не упоминаете о том, с кем он говорит, то надо сказать:
Tom talked about his children
В косвенной речи используется также инфинитив, особенно с tell и ask.
Direct: `Be careful crossing the street.`
Reported: Mother told me to be careful crossing the street.
Direct: `Don’t cry’, I said to the child.
Reported: I told the child not to cry.
Direct: `Please, be quiet after midnight`, the old lady said to us.
Reported: The old lady asked us to be quiet after midnight.
Direct: `Can you help me, Tom?’ Ann asked.
Reported: Ann asked Tom to help her.
С неопределенной формой можно использовать и said:
The doctor said to stay in bed for a week.
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