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