El Estilo indirecto o Reported speech es una estructura que se emplea cuando queremos decir o hacer mención sobre algo que alguien ha dicho previamente.
| Direct speech (estilo directo) | Reported speech (estilo indirecto) |
| "I always drink coffee". She said. | She said that she always drank coffee. |
| "Yo siempre bebo café." Ella dijo. | Ella dijo que ella siempre bebía café. |
Para hacer mención sobre lo que alguien ha dicho usamos verbos como explain, promise, say, tell, suggest... Aunque los más utilizados son say y tell.
No es necesario cambiar el tiempo del verbo si el verbo de la oración principal está en presente. En el ejemplo anterior podríamos decir: She said that she always drink coffee.
Para introducir lo que ha dicho, usamos that aunque muchas veces se puede omitir esta palabra.
Al convertir una oración de "Direct Speech" a "Reported Speech" tenemos en cuenta que el verbo principal retrocede un tiempo verbal.
Tabla de cambios que sufre el verbo:
Direct speech | Reported speech | |
| present simple |  | past simple He said he was happy He said he slept |
| present continuos I am feeling happy I am sleeping | | past continuos He said he was feeling happy He said he was sleeping |
| past simple I was happy I slept | | past perfect He said he had been happy He said he had slept |
| present perfect I have been happy I have slept | | past perfect He said he had been happy He said he had slept |
| present perfect continuos I have been feeling happy I have been sleeping | | past perfect continuos He said he had been feeling happy He said he had been sleeping |
| future I will be happy I will sleep | | simple conditional He said he would be happy He said he would sleep |
| future perfect I will have been happy I will have sleep | | simple conditional perfect He said he would have been happy He said he would have slept |
Es decir Direct Speech es el texto que se encuentra dentro de las "comillas". Se usa para repetir las palabras exactas que alguien dijo:
Mi madre me dijo, "tienes que estudiar mas duro en la escuela, o fallarás"
Si bien sirve para compartir historias con nuestros amigos, no es la mejor forma de informar una conversacion, ni hablada ni escrita. La mejor forma de hacerlo es usando Reported Speech:
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