直接引语是原话,间接引语是转述。
直接引语:
He said, "I am tired."
他说:“我累了。”
间接引语:
He said that he was tired.
他说他累了。
19.1 人称变化
直接引语转间接引语时,人称要按转述者视角调整。
Mary said, "I like music."
Mary said that she liked music.
19.2 时态变化
如果主句谓语是过去时,从句时态常往过去方向退一格。
| 直接引语 | 间接引语 |
|---|---|
| am/is/are | was/were |
| do/does | did |
| did | had done |
| have/has done | had done |
| will | would |
| can | could |
| may | might |
例句:
He said, "I will call you."
He said that he would call me.
19.3 时间和地点变化
根据语境可能变化:
now -> then
today -> that day
yesterday -> the day before
tomorrow -> the next day
here -> there
this -> that
例句:
She said, "I saw him yesterday."
She said that she had seen him the day before.
19.4 疑问句转述
一般疑问句用 if/whether 引导,并改为陈述语序。
He asked, "Do you like English?"
He asked if I liked English.
特殊疑问句保留疑问词,也改为陈述语序。
She asked, "Where do you live?"
She asked where I lived.