reported speech
English
Noun
Examples
Fred: “I
will
do the housework.”
Fred said that he
would
do the housework.
reported
speech
(
uncountable
)
(
grammar
,
narratology
)
A form of speech used to
express
what
another
has
said
, often involving a change in
tense
.
Synonyms
indirect speech
Translations
a form of speech used to express what another has said
Bashkir:
ситләтелгән телмәр
(
sitlətelgən telmər
)
Belarusian:
уско́сная гаво́рка
f
(
uskósnaja havórka
)
,
уско́сная мо́ва
(
uskósnaja móva
)
Bulgarian:
непря́ка реч
f
(
neprjáka reč
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
間接引語
/
间接引语
(
jiànjiē yǐnyǔ
)
Czech:
nepřímá řeč
f
Danish:
indirekte tale
c
Dutch:
indirecte rede
(nl)
f
Finnish:
epäsuora
lainaus
French:
discours indirect
(fr)
m
,
discours rapporté
(fr)
m
German:
indirekte Rede
(de)
f
Greek:
πλάγιος
λόγος
m
(
plágios lógos
)
Hungarian:
függő beszéd
Icelandic:
óbein ræða
f
Irish:
claoninsint
f
Italian:
discorso indiretto
Japanese:
間接話法
(ja)
(
かんせつわほう, kansetsu wahō
)
Korean:
간접화법(間接話法)
(ko)
(
ganjeophwabeop
)
Malayalam:
അനുകഥനം
(ml)
(
anukathanaṁ
)
Polish:
mowa zależna
(pl)
f
,
mowa pośrednia
f
Portuguese:
discurso indireto
m
Romanian:
vorbire indirectă
(ro)
f
Russian:
ко́свенная речь
f
(
kósvennaja rečʹ
)
Slovak:
nepriama reč
f
Spanish:
estilo indirecto
m
Swedish:
indirekt anföring
(sv)
c
Ukrainian:
непряма́ мо́ва
f
(
neprjamá móva
)