Direct/Indirect Speech
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Bahasa Indonesia, Direct/Indirect adalah suatu kalimat langsung (Direct) atau tidak langsung (Indirect) dalam sebuah pembicaraan. Untuk lebih
jelasnya, berikut contoh kalimatnya.
·
Statement
DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
Simple Present |
Simple
Past
|
S + V1
+ Obj
|
S + V2
+ Obj
|
e.g.
Direct :
Ron said, “My father is sleepy.”
Indirect :
Ron said that his father was sleepy.
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DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
Present Continuous |
Past
Continuous
|
S + to be + V-ing+
Obj
|
S + to be2
(was/were) + V-ing + Obj
|
e.g.
Direct :
Luna said, “I am watching Titanic
movie.”
Indirect :
Luna said that she was watching Titanic
movie.
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DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
Present Perfect |
Past
Perfect
|
S + has/have +
V3 + Obj
|
S + had + V3
+ Obj
|
e.g.
Direct :
Neville said, “I have finished my
homework.”
Indirect :
Neville said that he hadn’t finished his
homework.
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DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
Simple Past |
Past
Perfect
|
S + V2
+ Obj
|
S + had + V3
+ Obj
|
e.g.
Direct :
Ginny said, “I came to Luna’s
birthday party last night.”
Indirect :
Ginny said that she had come to Luna’s
birthday party previous night.
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DIRECT
|
INDIRECT
|
Simple Future |
Past
Future
|
S + will + V1
+ Obj
|
S + would + V1
+ Obj
|
e.g.
Direct :
Lucius said, “I will come to your
house tomorrow.”
Indirect :
Lucius said that he would come to my house
the following day.
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Interrogative (Question)
In this sentence, they have same grammar, but if we change the
direct tense into indirect we must put “if” or “whether” if we use Yes/No Question.
-
Simple Present
e.g.
Direct : Lucius asked me, “Do you invite me?”
Indirect : Lucius asked me if I invited him.
*that’s
Yes/No Question*
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Present Continuous
e.g.
Direct : Mrs. McGonagall asked Jim, “What are you doing in my office?”
Indirect : Mrs. McGonagall
asked Jim what he was doing in her
office.
*that’s W-H
Question*
-
Present Perfect
e.g.
Direct : Mike asked Kimberly, “Have you finished your homework?”
Indirect : Mike asked
Kimberly if she had finished her
homework.
*that’s
W-H Question*
-
Simple Past
e.g.
Direct : I asked him, “Did you see the accident last night?”
Indirect : I asked him if he had seen the accident previous day.
*that’s
Yes/No Question*
-
Simple Past
e.g.
Direct : I asked Rachel, “Will you be here at 10AM?”
Indirect : I asked Rachel if she would be there at 10AM.
*that’s
Yes/No Question*
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Imperative
Imperative is use to ask person to do something
what speaker ask. In this sentence, we must put “to” if we want to change a direct speech into indirect. Look at the
examples below.
e.g.
Direct : Susi told Mike, “Go
away and don’t
come back to me anymore!”
Indirect : Susi told Mike to go away and not to come back to her
anymore.
Direct : I said to Dave, “Speak
more slowly. I can’t get it.”
Indirect : I said to Dave to
speak more slowly, (because) I can’t get it.
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