Reported Speech (indirekte Rede) |
Erklärung: |
Unter "Einführungssatz" versteht man das kurze Satzstück zu Beginn oder am Ende der direkten Rede. |
Beispiele: |
Father says ... |
John asked ... |
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Peter answered ... |
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... the teacher said |
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... my friend shouted |
BILDUNG: |
Steht der Einführungsatz (s.o.) im PRÄSENS, dann ist die Zeit der direkten Rede gleich der Zeit der indirekten Rede. |
Beispiel: |
John says: "I have seen the film!" |
John says that he has seen the film. |
Steht der Einführungssatz im PAST, dann ändern sich die Zeiten wie folgt: |
Present Tense |
wird zu |
Past Tense |
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Present Perfect |
Past Perfect |
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Past Tense |
Past Perfect |
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Past Perfect |
bleibt |
Past Perfect |
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Future |
wird zu |
Conditional I |
Beispiel für Present Perfect zu Past Perfect:
John said: "I have done the job!" |
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John said that he had done the job. |
ACHTUNG: |
Folgende Zeitangaben müssen ebenfalls geändert werden, falls sie vorkommen: |
today |
wird zu |
that day |
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yesterday |
the day before |
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tomorrow |
the next or following day |
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now |
then |
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this |
that |
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ago |
before |
ACHTUNG: |
Befehle, Bitten, Aufforderungen werden meistens mit einem Infinitiv wiedergegeben: |
"Don't worry!" (Mach dir nichts draus!) |
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He told me not to worry. |
Übungssätze: |
Setze in die indirekte Rede: | ||
Present - Past |
He said: "I don't like you!" |
He said (that) he didn't like me. |
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"I can't help you!" Peter said. |
Peter said (that) he couldn't help me. |
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Present Perfect - Past Perfect |
John asked: "Have you bought the book?" |
John asked (me) if I had bought the book. |
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"Have you seen her?"Father wanted to know. |
Father wanted to know if I had seen her. |
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Past Tense - Past Perfect |
She said: "I bought a present for you yesterday!" |
She said that she had bought a present for me the day before. |
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"Did you go to the cinema last week?" they asked. |
They asked if we had gone to the cinema the week before. |
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Past Perfect - Past Perfect (bleibt) |
"Had he given you the book back?" |
Mr. Smith asked if he had given the book back. |
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"Had she met him before?" |
My friend asked if she had met him before. |
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Future - Conditional I |
She said: "I will go on a long holiday soon!" |
She said (that) she would soon go on a long holiday. |
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He said: "I will never buy a Porsche!" |
He said he would never buy a Porsche. |
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vorheriges Kapitel The Gerund |
Inhaltsverzeichnis |
nächstes Kapitel Passive |
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