| 19.7.6 Exercise 6: Reported speech III |
Put these phrases into reported speech with and without the conjunction dass.
| Examples | |
| He said: "I go to Spain." | |
| He said that he went to Spain. | |
| Er sagte:"Ich gehe nach Spanien." |  |
| Er sagte, dass er nach Spanien gehe. | |
| Er sagte, er gehe nach Spanien. |
| They said: "We will give him a bicycle." | ||
| They
said that they would give him a bicycle. |
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| Sie sagten:"Wir schenken ihm ein Fahrrad.
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| She said: "I don't give him money." | ||
| She said
that she didn't give him money. |
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| Sie sagte: "Ich gebe ihm kein Geld."
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| She said: "I have not given him money." | ||
| She said
that she had not given him money. |
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| Sie sagte:"Ich habe ihm kein Geld gegeben."
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| You said: "We have not been invited." | ||
| You said
that you had not been invited. |
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| Ihr sagtet:"Wir sind nicht eingeladen
gewesen." | ||
| You said: "We are not paid yet." | ||
| You said
that we were not paid yet. |
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| Ihr sagtet:"Man hat uns noch nicht
bezahlt."
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| Example: questions | ||
| She asks: Why don't you leave me alone?" | Sie fragt: "Warum lässt du mich nicht in Ruhe? | > |
| She asks why don't you leave her alone. | Sie fragt, warum ich sie nicht in Ruhe lasse. | |
| He asks: "Do you like the music?" | Er fragt: "Gefällt dir diese Musik?" | |
| He asks whether I like the music. | Er fragt, ob mir diese Musik gefalle. | |
| He asks: "Do you have a coffee?" | ||
| He asked whether I had a coffee. | |
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| Er fragt: "Hast du einen Kaffee?"
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| The asked: "Have you stolen the car?" | ||
| They asked whether we had stolen the car. | |
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| Sie fragten: "Habt ihr das Auto gestohlen."
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| They ask: "Why did you do it?" | ||
| They ask why you did it. | |
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| Sie fragen: "Warum habt ihr das gemacht?"
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| He asked: "Why don't you drink your coffee?" | ||
| He asked why I didn't drink my coffee. | |
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| Er fragte: "Warum trinkst du deinen Kaffee nicht?"
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| They asked: "How many are there?" | ||
| They asked how many there were. | |
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| Sie fragten: "Wieviele sind es?"
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| We ask: "Which car do you want?" | ||
| We ask which car you want. | |
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| Wir fragten:"Welches Auto wollt ihr?"
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