French grammar B2 · Lesson 4 of 4
Reported speech
To report what someone said, use , or , and change the pronouns: becomes .
When the reporting verb is in the past, the tenses move back: the present becomes the , the becomes the , and the future becomes the conditional: .
A yes or no question becomes , and becomes before : . becomes : .
Examples
- Il dit qu'il est content.
- Elle a dit qu'elle partait.
- Ils ont expliqué qu'ils avaient raté le train.
- Je me demande s'il viendra.
- Il m'a demandé ce que je faisais.