reported speech

English

Noun

reported speech (uncountable)

1. (grammar, narratology) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.

   If we were to change "Fred says, 'I will do the housework'" into reported speech it would become "Fred said that he would do the housework."

Synonyms

• indirect speech

Translations

a form of speech used to express what another has said

• Bashkir: ситләтелгән телмәр (sitlətelgən telmər)
• Belarusian: уско́сная гаво́рка f (uskósnaja havórka), уско́сная мо́ва (uskósnaja móva)
• Bulgarian: непря́ка реч f (neprjáka reč)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 間接引語／间接引语 (jiànjiē yǐnyǔ)

• Czech: nepřímá řeč f
• Danish: indirekte tale c
• Dutch: indirecte rede (nl) f
• Finnish: epäsuora lainaus
• French: discours indirect (fr) m, discours rapporté m
• German: indirekte Rede (de) f
• Greek: πλάγιος λόγος m (plágios lógos)
• Hungarian: függő beszéd
• Icelandic: óbein ræða f
• Irish: claoninsint f
• Italian: discorso indiretto
• Japanese: 間接話法 (ja) (かんせつわほう, kansetsu wahō)
• Korean: 간접화법(間接話法) (ko) (ganjeophwabeop)
• Malayalam: അനുകഥനം (ml) (anukathanaṁ)
• Polish: mowa zależna (pl) f, mowa pośrednia f
• Portuguese: discurso indireto m
• Romanian: vorbire indirectă (ro) f
• Russian: ко́свенная речь f (kósvennaja rečʹ)
• Slovak: nepriama reč f
• Spanish: estilo indirecto m
• Swedish: indirekt anföring (sv) c
• Ukrainian: непряма́ мо́ва f (neprjamá móva)