Reported Speech
01.
Juanito: You
can sit here senor. There is only a lady.
Don Gonzalo: I
won’t Juanito. I want a bench to myself.
Juanito: But
there is none.
Juanito told his
master that he could sit there as there was only a lady. Don Gonzalo expressed
his unwillingness and said he would not and he wanted a bench to himself.
Juanito remarked that there was none.
02.
Petra: The
guard is waiting for me.
Don Laura: Do
you like to chat with your guard?
Petra: He
is not mine.
Don Laura:
He belongs more to you than to the park.
Petra: I
see him over there waiting for me.
Don Laura: Wait
a moment.
Petra: What
does senora wish?
Petra said that
the guard was waiting for him. Don Laura asked whether she liked to chat with
her guard. Petra said that he was not hers. Dona Laura said he belonged more to
her than to the park. Petra said she saw him over there waiting for her. Dona
Laura asked her to wait a moment. Petra asked respectfully that what she
wished.
03.
Don Laura: Don’t
remain more than ten minutes.
Petra: What
does senora wish?
Don Laura: Can
you give me the bread crumbs from my bag?
Petra: I
don’t know what is the matter with me.
Laura: I
know.
Dona Laura
warned Petra not to remain more than ten minutes. Petra asked respectively what
she wished. Dona Laura asked whether if she could give her the bread crumbs
from her bag. Petra said she did not know what was the matter with her. Dona
Laura said she knew it.
04.
Don Gonzalo: I
want a bench to myself.
Juanito: There
is none.
Don Gonzalo: The
one over there is none.
Juanito: There
are three priests sitting on it.
Don Gonzalo: Rout
them out. Have they gone?
Juanito: No
indeed. They are talking.
Don
Gonzalo said that he wanted a bench to himself. Juanita said that three was
none Dona Gonzalo told Juanita that the one over there was his. Juanita said
that there were three priests sitting on it. Don Gonzalo told Juanita to rout
them out and asked whether they had gone. Juanito replied negatively and said
that they were talking.
05.
Dona Laura: You should have
asked permission to sit on this bench.
Don Gonzalo: The
benches here are public property.
Dona Laura : Why did you complain about priests, then?
Don Gonzalo: Are
you speaking me?
Dona Laura: Yes
Don Gonzalo: what
do you wish?
Dona Laura: You
have scared away the birds. They were feeding on my crumbs.
Dona Laura told Don Gonazalo that he should have had asked permission to
sit on that bench. Don Gonzalo said the benches there were public property.
Dona Laura asked why he complained about priests then. Don Gonzalo
questioned whether she was speaking to him. Dona Laura replied positively. Don
Gonzalo asked what she wished. Dona Laura said he had scared away the birds
that had been feeding on her crumbs.
06.
Don Laura: Don’t
grumble anymore. I’m not going to leave just to please you.
Don Gonzalo: Give
me my handkerchief, Juanito.
Dona Laura: Do
you use your handkerchief as a shoe brush.
Don Gonzalo: Why
not?
Don Laura: Do
you use your shoe brush as a handkerchief.
Don Gonzalo: What
right do you have to criticize my action?
Dona Laura: A
neighbours right?
Dona Laura told Don Gonzalo not to grumble anymore and added
that she was not going to leave just please him. Don Gonzalo asked to Juanita
to give him his hand kerchief. Dona Laura asked whether he used his hand
kerchief as a shoe brush. Don Gonzalo asked why he shouldn’t do so. Dona Laura
asked if he used his shoebrush as a handkerchief. Don Gonzalo asked what right
she had to criticize his action. Don Laura said that she had neighbours right.
07.
Don Gonzalo: I
shall take a pinch of snuff. Will you have some?
Dona Laura: If
it is good.
Don Gonzalo: It
is of the finest. You will like it.
Don Gonzalo said
that he would take a pinch of snuff and asked whether she would have some. Dona
Laura said if it was good. Don Gonzalo replied it was of the finest and added
she would like it.
08.
Don Gonzalo: I am fond of good verses. I composed
some in my youth.
Don Laura: Were
they good ones?
Don Gonzalo: Of
all kinds. I was a great friend many American poets. Why do ask me such a
question?
Don Laura: Don’t
be angry. Have you been to America?
Don Gonzalo said
he was fond of good verses and he had composed some in his youth. Dona Laura
said if they had been good ones. Don Gonzalo said he had compused of all kinds. And
added that he had been a great friend of many American post. He questioned why she
asked him such a question. Dona Laura told him not to be angry and questioned
whether he had been to America.
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09.
Dona Laura: Do
you hunt?
Don Gonzalo: Yes, senora. Every Sunday I take my gun and dog, and go to one of
the estates and kill time.
Dona Laura: That’s
all you kill.
Don Gonzalo: Do
you think so?
Dona Laura
questioned whether he hunted. Don Gonzalo replied positively and added every
Sunday he takes his gun and dog, and goes to one of the estates and kills time.
Don Gonzalo said that was all he killed. Don Gonzalo asked whether she
thought so.
10.
Dona Laura: You
can’t imagine how it affects me to see you reading with all those glasses.
Don Gonzalo: Can you read without glasses?
Dona Laura: Certainly
Don Gonzalo: At
your age? Your jesting.
Dona Laura said he
could not imagine how it affected her to see him reading with all those
glasses. Don Gonzalo asked whether she could read without glasses.
Dona Laura replied positively. Don Gonzalo asked whether she could read at her
age and added that she was jesting.
11.
The ministers said to
the minister of justice, “We shall have to tell him that we do not want to keep
him.” “Why do you not run away?”, said the minister of justice to the convict.”
“There is no one to guard you.”The man replied “I have nowhere to go. What can
I do?”
The ministers said to the minister of
justice that they should have to tell him that they did not want to keep him.
The minister of justice asked the convict that why he would not run away and
said that there was no one to guard him. The man replied that he had nowhere to
go and asked what he could do.
12.
Alifano: What
was your first literary reading, Borges?
Borges: Grimm's Fairy
Tale in an English version. I was educated by my father's library.
Alifano: Can we talk about Dona Leonor, your
mother? Borges: My
mother was an extraordinary person.
Alifano asked what his
first literary reading was(had been) . Borges said that his first reading was Grimms Fairy
Tale and said he had been educated by his fathers library. Alifano asked whether
they could talk about Dona Leonar, his mother. Borges said that his mother was
an extraordinary person. 13.
The Minister: Your
honour, the French government is ready to supply a machine and an expert. The
cost would be 16,000 francs.
The King: 16,000
francs is too dear for a small kingdom like ours. It is more then to francs on
the whole population. Find some cheaper way of executing the murderer.
The minister humbly said to the king that the French government was ready to
supply a machine and an expert and the cost would be 16,000 francs. The king
said that 16,000 francs was too dear for a small kingdom like theirs. It
was more than two francs on the whole population and asked to find some cheaper
way of executing the murderer.
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14.
The king: Can’t you find a soldier who would
cut the man’s head off?They can do it in a rough and homely fashion.
The General:
Will any one of you undertake this job?
The Soldiers: We do not know how to do it. It is not a thing we have been
taught.
The king asked if he could not find a soldier who would cut the man’s head off
and added they could do it in a rough and homely fashion. The general asked if
anyone of them would undertake that job. The soldiers said that they did not
know how to do it and added that it was not a thing they had been taught.
15.
The prince said
to his ministers, “Can’t you find some cheaper way of dealing with this rascal?
The present plan is too expensive.”
One of the ministers said, “Can we dismiss the guard?”
“ If we dismiss the guard,” said another minister “the fellow will
run away.”
“ It will end our problems,” said the first minister.
The prince asked to his ministers that whether they could not find some cheaper
way of dealing with that rascal and added that the present plan was too
expensive. Another minister suggested if they could dismiss the guard and the fellow would(might) run away. So the first
minister said that it would end their problems.
16.
'Why don’t you run away?
There is no guard to keep you. You can go wherever you like,” said the
minister.“Have you not ruined my character by your sentence? Where can I go
now?” said the prisoner.
The minister asked why
he would not run away and added that there was no guard to keep him and said he
could go wherever he liked. The prisoner questioned if they had not ruined
his characters by their sentence and asked where he could go then.
17.
The prisoner
said, “I know the prince will not mind my going away. But, I don’t want to go away.”
First minister said, “what course can we adopt now?” The second minister said,
“The only way to get rid of him is to offer him a pension. Let us give him a
pension of 600 francs a year.”
The prisoner said that he knew that the prince would not
mind him going away and said that he did not want to go away. The first
minister asked what course they could adopt then. The second minister said
that the only way to get rid of him was to offer him a pension and suggested to
give him a pension of 600 francs a year.
18.
The prisoner said, “you are asking me to go away. I have nowhere
to go. You have ruined my character by your sentence. People will turn their
backs on me. Besides, I have got out of the way of working.”
The prisoner said that they were asking him
to go and he had nowhere to go. He said that they had ruined his character by
their sentences and added that people would turn their backs on him. And
besides that he had got out the way of working.
19.
. Ezenwa said,
“we believe every word you say to be true. Every one of us will drop his paper
for Marcus. But, two shillings is shameful.” Roof said, “I will give you three
shillings. Please, cast your votes for Marcus.”
Ezenwa said that they believed every word he said to
be true and every one of them would drop their paper for Marcus. Roof said that
he would give them three shillings and requested to cast their votes foe
Maduka.
20.
Roof said, “I have given you three shillings. What else do
you expect?”
Ezenwa said, “we would not have asked more if Marcus is a poor
man.”
Roof said, “I will give you one more shilling. Don’t expect more.”
Roof said that he had given them three
shillings and asked what else they expected. Ezenwa said that they would not
have had asked more if Marcus was a poor man. Roof said that he would give them
one more shillings and told them not to expect more.
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21.
POP Campaigner :
We want your votes
Rufus Okeke
: How can i vote for Maduka?
POP Campaigner :
Are you taking this money or not?
Rufus Okeke : Will it not be heard outside this room?
POP Campaigner :
Don't worry about it.
POP Campaigner said that they
wanted his votes. Rufus Okeke asked how he could vote for Maduka. for which POP
Campaigner questioned if he was taking that money or not. Rufus suspiciously
asked whether it would not be heard outside that room. POP Campaigner told
him not to worry about it.
22.
" Dont forget our sign is the motor car" said Roof to a
group of illiterate women.
" Like the one Marcus is sitting inside"said a woman.
" It is the same car. The box with the car shown on its body
is the box for you. Dont look at the other with the man's head" explained
Roof.
Roof said to a group of
illiterate women that not to forget that their sign was the motor car. A woman
piped that it was like the one Marcus was sitting inside. Roof explained
that it was the same car and the box with the car shown on its body was the box
for them and advised not to look at the other with the man's head.
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