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Reported speech (reporting verb in past tense)
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Regeln:
wird
Present
Past
Present Perfekt
Will-Future
direct
Past
Past perfekt
Past perfekt
Conditional (would do)
reported
“I live in London”
he lived in London
“I moved here in 2000”
he had moved there in 2000
he said ( that )
“I’ ve lived here for 3 years”
he had lived here for 3 years
unnötig
“I’ ll stay for ever”
he would stay for ever
Reported Imperatives
direct
reported
“Come in !”
to come in.
He told me
“Don’t come in”
( ordered )
not to come in.
( asked )
(Imperative
(not) + to + Infinitive)
Reported Questions
(Without question word)
direct
reported
if
“Do you live in London?”
He asked me
I lived in London.
whether
Do und did erscheint im reported speech nicht mehr.
(With question word)
direct
“Where do you come from?”
reported
He asked me where I came from.