DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH


Pak Pesut said, “I’m not going with you!” = Present Continuous Tense
·       Pak Pesut said that he was not going with them. = Past Continuous Tense

The difference between those two sentences is the way they are conveyed,
  • by repeating the exact words spoken is called direct speech as in the first sentence
  • by reporting the words spoken is called indirect or reported speech as in the second sentence
Examples:
·       “I will stay here,” said Pak Pesut.  (Direct Speech)
·       Pak Pesut said that he would not stay there. (Indirect Speech)

·       Pak Pesut told the villagers that “I have enough rice for my family.” (Direct Speech)
·       Pak Pesut told the villagers that he had enough rice for his family. (Indirect Speech)

Direct & Indirect Speech terdiri dari 3 jenis yaitu :
I.         Statement (pernyataan)
II.      Command (perintah)
III.   Question (pertanyaan)

Perubahan-perubahan yang perlu dari Direct ke Indirect Speech :
1.       To be & Auxiliary Verbs
Direct  
Indirect
Am/is/are
Was/were
Shall/will
Should/would
Can
Could
May
Might
Must/ought to/has to/have to
Had to
Was/were
Had been
Must not
Was’t to/mustn’t
Need not
Didn’t have to

2.       Adverb of Time & Place (keterangan waktu & tempat)
Direct
Indirect
Now
Then
Tomorrow
The following day
Next week
The following week
Tonight
That night
Today
That day
Yesterday
The day before
Last night
The night before
Here
There
This
That
These
Those

3.       Tenses
Direct
Indirect
Simple present
Simple past
Simple past/present perfect
Past perfect
Present continuous
Past continuous
Simple future
Past future


I.         STATEMENT

Dalam Indirect Statement kita menggunakan kata that (bahwa) sebagai penghubung antara kalimat pengantar (introduce phrase) dan kata-kata yang dilaporkan (reported words). Kalimat-kalimat pengantar dalam indirect statement ialah :

He said
He said to me                    that + reported words
He told me

e.g  - Mary told her friends “I have been to Bali twice.”
- Mary told her friends that she had been to Bali twice.

-   Father said “I am going out of town tomorrow”
-   Father said that he was going out of town the following day.

 II.      COMMAND

Command dibagi dalam 2 (dua) bagian yaitu :
1.      Positive Command
Dalam perintah positif kita tambahkan to di depan kalimat perintahnya, sebagai penghubung antara kalimat pengantar dan perintah yang dilaporkan. Kalimat-kalimat pengantar dalam jenis ini ialah :
to + infinitive
He asked me
He told me
e.g   - He asked me “Open your book!”
- He asked me to open my book.

-  Mary told me “Stop talking to Jane!”
-  Mary told me to stop talking to Jane.

2.      Negative Command
Dalam  perintah negatif kita tambahkan not to di depan perintah yang dilaporkan.
e.g            - Mary told John “Don’t wait for me!”
          - Mary told John not to wait for her.

III.   QUESTION
Bila pertanyaan langsung (direct question) menggunakan kata-kata tanya seperti: Where, When, Why, What, Who, How, dll, maka kata-kata tersebut digunakan sebagai penghubung dalam reported Speech. Pertanyaan yang dilaporkan berubaha menjadi bentuk positif. Kalimat pengantarnya ialah :

He asked me where/When etc.  
e.g  - The man asked me : “Where do you live ?”
- The man asked me where I lived.

-  John asked Mary : “Why do you get angry with me ?”
-  John asked Mary why she got angry with him.

Bila pertanyaan langsung tidak menggunakan kata-kata tanya, dan hanya merupakan pertanyaan dalam bentuk “Yes & No Question”, maka kita menggunakan kata-kata if, whether (jika, apakah) sebagai penghubung antara kalimat pengantar dan pertanyaan yang dilaporkan.
e.g       - The boy asked John : “Does Mary live near here?”
- The boy asked John if Mary lived near there.