indirect speech

    Cards (6)

    • indirect discourse
      uses "that" to switch from direct discourse to indirect; subject is accusative and verb is infinitive; tense is preserved
    • indirect commmands
      jussive noun clauses; use ut (negative ne) +subj; introduced by verbs of advising, urging, or commanding
    • indirect questions
      introduced by verbs of asking, seeing, hearing, and knowing; subj follows sequence of tenses; questions about the future uses future participle + pres or imperf subj of sum; introduced by an interrogative or question word
    • indirect statment tense preservation
      past tense -> perf inf; present tense -> pres inf; future tense -> fut inf
    • primary sequence of tenses in indirect questions
      pres + pres subj = same time; pres + perf subj = time before; pres + fut subj = time after
    • secondary sequence of tenses in indirect questions
      perf + imperf subj = same time; perf + pluperf subj = time before; perf + fut perf subj = time after