زمان فعل در نقل قول انگلیسی

در نقل قول انگلیسی، زمان فعل در بخش نقل قول معمولا یک زمان به عقب (به سمت گذشته) تغییر خواهد کرد. در همین حال ممکن است ارجاعات زمانی و ضمایر نیز تغییر کنند.

به مثال‌ها توجه کنید:

• Direct Speech: I am working in New York.
• Reported Speech: She said she was working in New York.

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• Direct Speech: I've been to China twice.
• Reported Speech: He said the he'd been to China twice.

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• Direct Speech: I will call you soon.
• Reported Speech: He said he would call them soon.

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• Direct Speech: We can speak Japanese.
• Reported Speech: They said that they could speak Japanese.