Cap. 8

Reported Speech

Cambio de tiempos verbales · say vs tell · cambios de palabras

¿Qué es el reported speech?

El reported speech (discurso indirecto) nos dice qué dijo alguien, sin usar sus palabras exactas. Los tiempos verbales y algunas palabras cambian para reflejar que ya pasó.

"Estoy cansada", dijo ella.
She said she was tired.
"Voy a llamar mañana", me dijo.
He told me he would call the next day.
¡Atención con say vs tell! Say no lleva objeto directo ("she said she was tired"). Tell siempre necesita una persona ("she told me she was tired").

Cambio de tiempos verbales

Cada tiempo verbal retrocede un paso

"Trabajo aquí."
She said she worked there.
"Estoy esperando."
He said he was waiting.
"Me fui temprano."
She said she had left early.
"Llamaré."
He said he would call.
"Puedo nadar."
She said she could swim.

Cambios de pronombres y palabras

El punto de vista cambia — las palabras se ajustan

"Yo amo esto."
She said she loved it.
"Mi coche."
He said it was his car.
"Vivo aquí."
She said she lived there.
"Ahora entiendo."
He said he understood then.
"Vendré mañana."
She said she would come the next day.
"Estoy ocupado hoy."
He said he was busy that day.

Preguntas en reported speech

El orden vuelve a ser normal — sin inversión

Directa: "¿Dónde vive ella?" → Indirecta: He asked where she lived.
"¿Dónde trabajas?"
She asked where I worked. (NO where did I work)
"¿Estás listo?"
He asked if I was ready.
En preguntas indirectas: orden normal (sujeto antes del verbo). No se usa do/does/did. El tiempo verbal sigue cambiando.

Errores frecuentes

She said me she was tired.
She told me she was tired.
Tell necesita persona; say no
He asked where did I live.
He asked where I lived.
Preguntas indirectas: orden normal
She said that she will call me.
She said that she would call me.
Willwould en discurso indirecto
He told she was late.
He told me/her/us she was late.
Tell siempre necesita objeto personal

Resumen

Cambio de tiempos
presente→pasado · pasado→past perfect · will→would
she said she worked / would call
say vs tell
say (sin objeto) · tell + persona
said she was / told me she was
Cambios de palabras
I→he/she · here→there · tomorrow→next day
cambio de perspectiva
Preguntas
orden normal + cambio de tiempo + if/whether
asked where I lived
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