La mía está muy lejos.
Mine is very far.
Dice que la suya está muy lejos.
He/she says his/hers is very far.(c) Pronouns may need to be changed (e.g.él, ‘he’, or ella, ‘she’, instead of yo, ‘I’; me,
‘me’, instead of te, you).
(Yo) no quiero volver a verte.
I don’t want to see you again.
(Ella) me dijo que no quería volver a verme.
She told me she didn’t want to see me again.(d) The person of the verb may have to change (e.g. fue, ‘he/she went’, instead of fui,
‘I went’).
No fui.
I didn’t go.
Dice que no fue.
He/she says he/she didn’t go.(e) Time perspective may call for the substitution of adverbs of time and other
time phrases (e.g. al día siguiente, ‘the following day’, instead of mañana,
‘tomorrow’).
Me voy mañana.
I’m leaving tomorrow.
Dijo que se iba/iría al día siguiente.
He/she said he/she was leaving/would leave the following day.(f) Space perspective may require adjustments in words and phrases related to space,
including direction (e.g. aquí, ‘here’, instead of allí, ‘there’; traer, ‘to bring’, instead of
llevar, ‘to take’).
Yo mismo lo llevaré allí.
I will take it there myself.
Dijo que él mismo lo traería aquí.
He said he would bring it here himself.Space perspective may sometimes call for changes in demonstratives (e.g.ése, ‘that
one’, instead oféste, ‘this one’).
Quiero éste.
I want this one.
Ha dicho que quiere ése.
He/she said he/she wants that one.The sections below refer more specifically to indirect speech and to the way in which
we report statements, questions, requests and commands.
Indirect speech 33.2