direct speech

English

Noun

direct speech (uncountable)

1. (grammar, narratology) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks

Antonyms

• indirect speech

Translations

the writing of speech

• Bashkir: тура телмәр (tura telmər)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直接引語／直接引语 (zhíjiē yǐnyǔ), 直接引语 (zhíjiē yǐnyǔ)

• Danish: direkte tale
• Finnish: suora lainaus
• French: discours direct (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: direkte Rede (de) f, wörtlich angeführte Rede f
• Hungarian: egyenes beszéd, idézés (hu), idézet (hu), idézett beszéd
• Japanese: 直接話法 (ちょくせつわほう, chokusetsu wahō)
• Korean: 직접화법 (ko) (jikjeophwabeop)
• Russian: пряма́я речь (ru) f (prjamája rečʹ)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can