Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Cambios en tiempos verbales para el estilo indirecto

Si el verbo que introduce el estilo indirecto está en pasado, el tiempo que teníamos en el estilo directo da un salto atrás.

"I have read the note", she said
She said that she had read the note
"He is working in the office now", they told me
They told me that he was working in the office then

Nota: Hay que fijarse en que tell debe llevar siempre un complemento indirecto de persona.

Si el verbo está compusto de más de un auxiliar, sólo cambia el primero.

"My house is being redecorated", she said
She said that her house was being redecorated

Estos cambios no ocurren:

  1. Cuando el verbo que introduce la cita está en presente o en futuro.

"I love soup", says Mary
Mary says she loves soup

  1. Cuando se narra una verdad objetiva o una situación permanente.

"London is the capital of Great Britain", she pointed out
She pointed out that London is the capital of reat Britain

"Peter lives in market Street", I told them
I told them that Peter lives in market Street

Otros cambios necesarios al pasar una frase a estilo indirecto son estos:

  1. Los pronombres personales y los adjetivos o pronombres posesivos de 1ª y 2ª persona cambian según quien habla, pero los de 3ª persona no cambian.
  1. Las expresiones de tiempo y de lugar.
now
today / tonight
yesterday
tomorrow
next week / month
last week / month
aweek / month ago
here
then
that day / that night
the day before, the previous day
the next / following day
the following week / month
the previous week / month
the week / month before
there

Los demostrativos.

this -> that these -> those

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