The difference between direct speech and indirect speech in Chinese

The difference between "direct speech" and "indirect speech".

1. Different definitions

1. Quoting or paraphrasing someone else's words is called "quotation". Quoting someone directly from the original sentence and marking it with quotation marks " " on both sides is called direct speech.

2. Paraphrasing other people's words in your own language, without quotation marks, is called indirect speech.

Second, the conversion of the pronoun is different

1. The first person in direct speech is generally converted to the third person, such as: he said, "I am very sorry."”—he said that he was very sorry.

2. The second person in indirect speech, if the original sentence is said to the narrator, convert it to the first person, such as: "you should be more careful next time," my father told me——my father told me that i should be more careful the next time.

Third, the sentence structure is different

1. The sentence structure of direct speech is generally declarative sentences, general interrogative sentences, imperative sentences and special interrogative sentences.

2. The sentence structure of indirect speech is generally that, if, whether and the object clause guided by the original question word.

In Chinese: "direct speech" and "".Indirect speechThe meanings are different, the ways are different.

1. Different ways:

When quoting someone else's words, two ways are generally used: one is to quote someone else's original words and put it in quotation marks, which is called direct speech; The second is to paraphrase in one's own words, and the words that are paraphrased are not placed in quotation marks, which is called indirect speech. As so-and-so said:

The original words of so-and-so" are direct speech. So-and-so said, the author paraphrases the general meaning of so-and-so in his own words, indirect quotation.

2. The meaning is different

Direct speech is generally used in the first person.

Indirect speech is generally used to paraphrase what someone else has said.

Quotation. 1. If direct speech expresses objective truth, the tense remains unchanged when it is changed to indirect speech.

2. The predicate of the main clause is in the simple present tense.

When changing an indirect speech, if the predicate tense of the main clause remains unchanged and remains in the simple present tense, the clause is a clause.

The tense also remains the same.

3. Direct speech has words that clearly indicate time, and when changing to indirect speech, the tense remains the same.

4. If the direct speech contains modal verbs such as could, must, should, etc.

When changing indirect speech, the tense does not change.

5. Directly quoting someone else's original words is called direct speech.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Direct Quotation.

There are two ways to quote someone else's words, one is to quote someone else's original sentence directly, which is called direct speech;

The other is to paraphrase someone else in their own words, and they can't use quotation marks, which is an indirect speech.

In English, it is called indirect speech, and in Chinese, it should be called paraphrased sentence.

EG: She said, "It's a nice day. "[Directly].

She said the weather was fine today. [Indirect].

"I had breakfast," she said. "[Directly].

She said she had breakfast. [Indirect].

Most of the Chinese language has no tense changes, and some of them are punctuation and personal changes.

In general, direct speech has quotation marks, and indirect speech has no quotation marks.

First, the reference is different.

1. Direct quotation: Directly quote others' original sentences, using quotation marks.

2. Indirect speech: use your own words to paraphrase others, and you can't use quotation marks.

Second, the usage is different.

1. Direct speech: If direct speech expresses objective truth, the tense does not change when it is changed to indirect speech. When the predicate of the main clause is in the simple present tense, when it is changed to indirect speech, if the predicate tense of the main clause remains unchanged in the simple present tense, the subordinate tense does not change as well.

2. Indirect speech: In indirect speech, the subject of the introduction should use the accusative, and the verb should use the infinitive, the tense of the infinitive depends on the order of the introduction, the time of the verb and the time of the main sentence verb, and the nature and number of the infinitive depend on the subject of the indirect speech (as mentioned above, only the accusative is used).

Third, the nature is different.

1. Direct speech: It can be expressed in direct speech as "Xiao Ming said 'I am a student'".

2. Indirect speech: Indirect speech can be expressed as "Xiao Ming said he is a student".

Q&A (180): Direct speech becomes indirect speech, pay attention to personal and tense changes.

There are two ways to quote others, one is to quote others' original sentences directly, which is called direct speech; The other is to paraphrase someone else in their own words, and they can't use quotation marks, which is an indirect speech.

As Xiao Ming said, "I am a student".

In direct speech, it can be expressed as "Xiao Ming, he said 'I am a student'".

It can be expressed in indirect speech as "Xiao Ming said that he was a student".

Direct speech is what the speaker says himself. Indirect speech is when another person paraphrases what the speaker said. Here's an example.

Direct quote: Mom said to me, "Call ** to dad in a while." (Mom is talking) indirect quote: Mom asked me to call ** to Dad for a while. ("I" is speaking) where direct speech generally has quotation marks, and indirect speech generally does not have quotation marks.