Domina el Estilo Indirecto en Inglés: Ejemplos y Reglas

Estilo Indirecto en Inglés: Guía Completa

Reported Speech: Declaraciones

El estilo indirecto, también conocido como reported speech, se utiliza para comunicar lo que otra persona ha dicho, pero sin citar sus palabras exactas. A continuación, se presentan las transformaciones más comunes:

• Presente Simple a Pasado Simple
  • "He works in London," said he. = She said that he worked in London.
• Presente Continuo a Pasado Continuo
  • "They are building a house," he said. = He said that they were building a house.
• Presente Perfecto a Pasado Perfecto
  • "She has written an email," Tom said. = Tom said that she had written an email.
• Presente Perfecto Continuo a Pasado Perfecto Continuo
  • "The baby has been crying all day," mum said. = Mum said that the baby had been crying all day.
• Pasado Simple a Pasado Perfecto
  • "It rained cats and dogs," the man said. = The man said that it had rained cats and dogs.
• Can a Could
  • "I can go to the party," Lola said. = Lola said that she could go to the party.
• Will a Would
  • "The students will pass the exam," said the teacher. = The teacher said that the students would pass the exam.
• Must a Had to
  • "He must get up early," = I said that he had to get up early.
• May a Might
  • "It may snow," he said = He said that it might snow.

Reported Speech: Órdenes

• Afirmativa
  • "Sit down," he said to me = He told me to sit down.
• Negativa
  • "Don't shout at me," she said to Peter. = She told Peter not to shout at her.

Reported Speech: Expresiones de Tiempo y Lugar

Las expresiones de tiempo y lugar también cambian en el estilo indirecto:

• now = then
• yesterday = the day before
• last month/ last year = the month before/ the year before
• tomorrow = the following day
• tomorrow afternoon / tomorrow morning = the next afternoon / the next morning
• next Monday / next week = the following Monday / the following week
• ago = before
• today = that day
• tonight = that night
• here = there
• this = that
• these = those

Reported Speech: Preguntas

• Yes/No Questions (Preguntas de sí/no)
  • "Do you speak German?" he asked me. = He asked me if I spoke German.
  • "Are you British or American?" he asked her. = He asked her if she was British or American.
• Wh-Questions (Preguntas con pronombre interrogativo)
  • "What is your sister's name?" he asked her = He asked her what her sister's name was.
  • "Whose car is this?" we wondered = We wondered whose car that was.

Adjetivos Posesivos en Inglés

• my = mi
• your = tu, tus, (de tú) su, sus (de usted)
• his = su, sus (de él)
• her = su, sus (de ella)
• its = su, sus (de él o ella, para cosas)
• our = nuestro/s, nuestra/s
• your = vuestro/a, vuestros/as
• their = su, sus (de ellas o ellos)

Pronombres Personales en Inglés

• me = a mí
• you = a ti, a usted
• him = a él
• her = a ella
• it = a ello
• us = a nosotros
• you = a vosotros, a ustedes
• them = a ellos, a ellas