reported speech en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- (uncountable) A grammatical construction used to represent another person's words, thoughts, or statements indirectly rather than by quoting them verbatim, often involving a change in tense.
Coordinates
Synonyms
indirect discourse · indirect speech
Translations (31)
uk непряма́ мо́ва (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · pt discurso indireto (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · ja 間接話法 (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · fr discours rapporté (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · ko 간접화법 (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · is óbein ræða (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · ru ко́свенная речь (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · tr dolaylı konuşma (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · be уско́сная гаво́рка (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · bg непря́ка реч (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · ro vorbire indirectă (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · cs nepřímá řeč (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · de indirekte Rede (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · hu függő beszéd (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · pl mowa zależna (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · el πλάγιος λόγος (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · pl mowa pośrednia (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · sk nepriama reč (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · es estilo indirecto (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · fr discours indirect (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · da indirekte tale (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · lt netiesioginė kalba (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · sv indirekt anföring (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · ml അനുകഥനം (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · ga claoninsint (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · it discorso indiretto (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · cmn 間接引語 /间接引语 (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · be уско́сная мо́ва (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · nl indirecte rede (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · fi epäsuora lainaus (a form of speech used to express what another has said) · ba ситләтелгән телмәр (a form of speech used to express what another has said)