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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.