Reported speech og sequence of tenses

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🇬🇧 Reported speech og sequence of tenses

Direkte: "I am tired," she said.

Indirekte: She said (that) she was tired.

Tense backshift (når reporting verb er fortid):

| Direkte | Indirekte |

|---|---|

| Present Simple | Past Simple |

| Present Continuous | Past Continuous |

| Present Perfect | Past Perfect |

| Past Simple | Past Perfect |

| Will | Would |

| Can | Could |

| Must | Had to |

Andre ændringer:

• Pronominer: I → he/she, we → they.
• Adverbier: now → then, today → that day, tomorrow → the next day.
• Demonstrativer: this → that, these → those.

Eksempel: "I will see you tomorrow," John said.

→ John said (that) he would see me the next day.

Spørgsmål i reported speech: brug if/whether eller spørgeord; ingen inversion.

• "Are you coming?" → He asked if I was coming.
• "Where do you live?" → She asked where I lived.

Imperativ → infinitiv:

• "Sit down!" → He told me to sit down.

Centrale begreber

• Pronominer: I → he/she, we → they.
• Adverbier: now → then, today → that day, tomorrow → the next day.
• Demonstrativer: this → that, these → those.
• "Are you coming?" → He asked if I was coming.
• "Where do you live?" → She asked where I lived.
• "Sit down!" → He told me to sit down.

Læringsmål

• Forklare tidsforskydning og pronominalændring i reported speech
• Transformere direkte tale til indirekte tale korrekt, herunder modal backshift
• Analysere reported speech i nyheds- og akademiske tekster og vurdere forfatterens perspektiv
• Identificere og korrigere typiske fejl i reported speech
• Anvende reported speech i egne tekster med præcision og stilistisk variation

Sådan kan du arbejde med emnet

• Omskriv fem direkte citater til reported speech og forklar, hvordan tiderne ændres
• Forklar hvilke ord der typisk skal ændres, når man laver reported speech (fx "here" til "there")
• Find et interview og omskriv tre af replikkerne til reported speech

Faglige pointer

Eksempel: "I will see you tomorrow," John said.