什么是间接引语

Indirect speech 间接引语
何为直接引语和间接引语
一字不改的引述别人的话，叫做直接引语; 用说话人自己的话转述别人的话，就叫间接引语。
直接引语变为间接引语需注意的问题。
1． 1． 直接引语为陈述句。
直接引语若为陈述句，变为间接引语时，间接引语往往边为有从属连词that (在口语中常可省略) 引导的宾语从句，引述动词常用say, tell等，在边为间接引语中要注意下列的变化。
（1） （1） 人称变化： 将直接引语的人称作相应的改变。 在改变人称时需按照转述者
在实际说话中的着眼点而定。
Eg. “ I’m tired”, he said. 改为
He said (that) he was tired.
“ I’m tired,” I said. 改为
I said (that) I was tired.
(2) 时态的变化：直接引语的引述动词若为现在时态或将来时态，直接引语变为见解引语时，时态可保持不变。
Eg. Jim says, “I’ve read Tom’s book and I didn’t understand it.” 改为
Jim says (that) he has read Tony’s book and didn’t understand it.
He will say, “The boy was lazy.” 改为
He will tell you that the boy way lazy.
注意：如果直接引语的引述动词若为过去时态，直接引语变为间接引语时，时态要作如下变化：
a) a) 现在时态变为一般过去时
eg. He told me, “ I know him.” 改为
He told me that he knew him.
一般现在时变为一般过去时，
eg. She told me, “ We are meeting him later at the pub.” 改为
She told me