Reported Speech and Quotation

ʻŌlelo Hoʻohālua

About this concept

Direct quotation with 'wahi a' (says/said) or 'penei/pēlā' (thus). Indirect speech patterns: 'Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia...' No systematic tense shifting as in English.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level B2.

Examples

Wahi a Kawika, 'E hele kākou.'Kawika said, 'Let's go.'

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hele.He/She said to go.

Penei ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe kahiko.Thus said the elders.

I kāna ʻōlelo ʻana, ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia.In his/her speaking, he/she was kind.

Prerequisite

Complex Sentence PatternsB1

More B2 concepts

Passive and Stative ConstructionsʻŌlelo Hoʻolauna Conditional SentencesInā a me Ke Directional ParticlesPepeke Painu Nominalization and Abstract ExpressionsʻŌlelo Noi Sentence Types (Pepeke Classification)Pepeke Māhele

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