26 Reported speech

⚡ In short

Riferire quello che qualcuno ha detto.

dopo said, il tempo fa un passo indietro: presente → passato, passato → had + participio, will → would · cambiano pronomi, here → there, tomorrow → the next day

• ›"I'm tired." → She said (that) she was tired.
• ›"I'll call you." → He said he would call me.
• ›"Don't be late." → She told me not to be late.

⚠️ Watch out: Se è ancora vero, il tempo può restare: He said he lives in Rome