If we have an imperative

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jrineakter
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If we have an imperative

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When we have "que", "qu'est-ce que" or "qu'est-ce qui", we will use "ce que" or "ce qui". If in direct speech, we have: "What are you doing?" in indirect speech, we will have: "He asks what are you doing". We do not say: "He asks what are you doing?". If in direct speech, we have: "What is happening?" in indirect speech, we will have: "He asks what is happening". If in direct speech, we have: "What do you see?" in indirect speech, we will have: "He asks what you see".

So, these are fairly clear mechanisms, not always simple, easy, but once you understand them and are used to hearing them, you will have these reflexes.

that is to say if we give an order, in indirect speech, we will have "de" + the infinitive. For example, if in direct speech, we have: "Leave here" in indirect speech, we will have: "He tells him to leave here". We add the "de" and we put the verb in the infinitive. "He tells him to leave here".

If there are several sentences, we will repeat all the elements of the liaison. If for example, in direct speech, you have: "I go shopping, I go home and I take a shower", in indirect speech, we will greece whatsapp number data have: "He says he goes shopping, he goes home and he takes a shower". We repeat each element of liaison.

Let's look at some vocabulary that will help you when moving from direct speech to indirect speech. For statements, you have different introductory verbs. For example: say, announce, explain, answer, declare, add. You use all of these verbs. We took "he says" from the previous examples, but you can say: "He declares that, he explains that" etc. This allows you to move to indirect speech. For questions, you have different introductory verbs: ask, want, know, etc.

Let's move on to past indirect speech. Here, it's the same usage. It works the same way as in the present. We want to report what someone said in the past, for example. These are the same rules, these are the same introductory verbs as those we saw previously, but when we want to report a speech, here, we have to agree the rest of the sentence. You'll see that we have to transform the tense. In French, we call this "tense concordance." I could make a whole video on tense concordance. We'll just see how it works here. Here are the basics:
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