On emploie le discours indirect pour rapporter les paroles de quelqu'un. Il faut adapter les repères du discours direct.
| Discours direct
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Discours indirect
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| Présent |
Prétérit
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- "I hate driving," she said.
- "I am watching TV," he said.
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- She said that she hated driving.
- He said he was watching TV.
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| Prétérit |
Past Perfect
|
- "Tom went back to the USA," they told her.
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- They told her that Tom had gone back to the USA.
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| Present Perfect |
Past Perfect
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- "I've never liked poetry," his father claimed.
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- His father claimed that he had never liked poetry.
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| Impératif |
to + verbe
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- "Don't play with your food," their mum told them.
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- Their mum told them not to play with their food.
|
| Futur |
would
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- "I'll do it tomorrow," I said.
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- I said I would do it the next day.
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| Can |
could
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- "I can do it myself," he claimed.
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- He claimed he could do it himself.
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| must |
had to ou must
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- "We must do it ourselves," they said.
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- They said they must / had to do it themselves.
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| should |
should
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- "You should not smoke," I advised him.
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- I advised him that he shouldn't smoke.
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Pronoms, déterminants, adverbes
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Comme en français, les déterminants, adverbes et pronoms ne sont pas les mêmes au discours direct et au discours indirect.
| Discours direct
|
Discours indirect
|
| yesterday
|
the day before
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| today
|
that day
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| tomorrow
|
the following day
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| last week/month/year
|
the week/month/year before
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| next week/month/year
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the following week/month/year
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| three days ago
|
three days before
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| Discours direct
|
Discours indirect
|
| "I like my house," she said.
|
She said she liked her house.
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| "I visited this town."
|
He said he had visited the town.
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Les verbes introducteurs sont employés au prétérit.
| to add |
to advise
|
to admit
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to answer |
to apologize
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to ask
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to beg |
to declare
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to explain
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| ajouter |
demander conseil
|
admettre
|
répondre |
s'excuser
|
demander
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supplier |
déclarer
|
expliquer
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| to insist |
to invite
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to suggest
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| insister |
inviter
|
suggérer
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Dans les interrogatives au discours indirect il n'y a pas d'inversion du sujet et du verbe, on n'emploie pas l'auxillaire do.
Exemple : He asked me where I had slept. Il me demanda où j'avais dormi.
I wonder if I must eat. Je me demande si je dois manger.
