B2

Indirect Speech

Indirekte Tale

About this concept

Reported speech with tense shift and pronoun changes. 'At' often omitted after verbs of saying/thinking.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level B2.

Examples

Hun sa (at) hun var trøtt.She said (that) she was tired.
Han spurte om jeg kunne.He asked if I could.
De fortalte at de hadde reist.They said they had traveled.
Jeg trodde at du visste.I thought you knew.

Prerequisite

Subordinate ClausesA2

Concepts that build on this

Sequence of TensesC1

More B2 concepts

Types of Subordinate ClausesLeddsetningstyperBli-PassiveBli-passivConditional SentencesKondisjonalsetningerCompound WordsSammensatte OrdVære-Passive (Stative)Være-passiv

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