B1 · Intermédiaire Chapitre 35

Reported Speech

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Shifting tenses and pronouns in reported statements. Mastering the art of indirect communication.

Conseils et astuces (4)

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The 'Că' Rule

Always include 'că'. Even if you can skip 'that' in English, skipping 'că' in Romanian makes the sentence sound broken.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Reported Speech Basics
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Think of the Timeline

Visualize the past as a line. If you are standing in the past, everything behind you is even further back.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Tense Shifts
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The Mirror Rule

Imagine you are holding a mirror. If you report what someone said, you are turning the mirror to face them, not you.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Pronoun Shifts
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The Politeness Buffer

Always start with 'Aș vrea să știu...' or 'Mă întrebam...' when asking for favors in Romanian. It opens doors!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Indirect Questions

Pratique rapide (10)

Fill in the blank with the correct shifted tense.

El a spus că ___ (mănâncă).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Present shifts to imperfect.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Tense Shifts

Correct the error: El a spus că eu sunt fericit (meaning HE is happy).

Find and fix the mistake:

El a spus că eu sunt fericit.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: El a spus că el este fericit.
The pronoun must shift from 'eu' to 'el'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Reported Speech Basics

Complete: Ei au zis că ___ sunt obosiți.

Ei au zis că ___ sunt obosiți.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ei
Subject is 'they'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Pronoun Shifts

Select the correct reported version.

Direct: 'Eu sunt obosit.' Reported: ___

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: El a spus că el este obosit.
Shift 'eu' to 'el'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Pronoun Shifts

Complete the sentence: El a spus că ___ vine.

El a spus că ___ vine.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: el
The subject is 'he', so we use 'el'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Pronoun Shifts

Find the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

A spus că este obosit (yesterday).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: c
Should be 'era'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Tense Shifts

Choose the correct reported sentence.

Direct: 'Am plecat'. Indirect: ?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: b
Perfect compus shifts to pluperfect.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Tense Shifts

Alege varianta corectă.

Ea mă întreabă...

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: dacă vin la cinema.
Indirect questions use 'dacă', not 'că', and don't end with a question mark.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Indirect Questions

Choose the correct reported form of: „Unde locuiești?”

M-a întrebat...

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: unde locuiesc
Wh-questions don't need 'că' or 'dacă'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Reported Speech Basics

Choose the correct tense.

A întrebat dacă ___ (știu).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Imperfect is correct.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Tense Shifts

Score: /10

Questions fréquentes (6)

No. Unlike English where 'that' is optional, 'că' is mandatory in Romanian reported speech.
Usually, no. If the statement is still true, keep the present tense. If it's strictly in the past, you can use the compound past or imperfect.
Only if the reporting verb is in the past. If it's in the present, you don't need to.
In Romanian, we still shift the tense for consistency, even if the fact remains true.
Pentru că perspectiva se schimbă. Când raportezi, nu mai ești persoana care a vorbit inițial.
Da, în vorbirea informală poți omite 'că'.
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