Notes:
In the indirect speech, one must pay attention to the following :
| 1 |
the indirect speech is introduced by a verb or a noun that states that someone says, thinks, claims something. |
| 2 | the indirect speech and the direct speech are in the same tense. The tense of the sentence that introduces the indirect speech is not important. |
| 3 | the indirect speech can be expressed by subordinate clauses introduced by a conjunction (dass-clauses) or by subordinate clauses that are not introduced by a conjunction. For reasons of style, successive dass-clauses should be avoided. |
| 4 | pronouns change in the indirect speech according to context. |
| 5 | adverbial complements of time or place change in the indirect speech according to context. |
| 6 | Konjunktiv forms in the direct speech remain unchanged in the indirect speech. |
| 7 | Infinitive structures in the direct speech remain unchanged in the indirect speech. |