Indirect speec'h changes

Tense change

  • Simple present → simple past

  • Present continuous → past continuous

  • Present perfect → past perfect

  • Simple past → past perfect

  • Past continuous → past perfect continuous

Pronoun change

  • I→ he/she

  • We → they

  • You → I,we

Possessive adjective change

  • My → his/her

  • Our → their

  • Your → my, our

Change of time

  • Now → then, at that time

  • Today → that day

  • Yesterday → the day before

  • Tomorrow → the next day

  • Next week → the following week

  • Last week → the previous week

  • Ago → a year before

  • Last night → the night before

Place change

  • This → that

  • These → those

  • Here → there