TRANSFORMATION OF THE DIRECT SPEECH IN INDIRECT SPEECH

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In Italian there are some clauses used to report words or concepts expressed from someone else.

Examples:
" Marco ieri diceva: ««Io ora sono qui a casa mia.»» "
In this example words are reported directly.

" Marco ieri diceva che lui in quel momento era lì a casa sua. "
This example is the transformation of the preceding and the words of Marco are reported indirectly.

In the transformation of the second clause many elements are changed.
In this section you can study the rules used to transform words or concepts expressed by someone directly (direct speech) in an indirect form (indirect speech).

These are the elements that change in the transformation:

• the subject the personal and possessive pronouns
• the verb
• adjectives and demonstrative pronouns and adverbs

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