Bir öyküde şöyle bir satır okursun: She looked at the clock. She was late again. What would he say? Tırnak yok, she thought yok. Ama "What would he say?" sorusunu anlatıcı sormuyor; karakterin kafasının içindesin.
1Üç aktarma
| Dolaylı | Serbest dolaylı |
|---|---|
| She thought that she was late again. | She was late again. |
| She wondered what he would say. | What would he say? |
| She decided that she would tell him the next day. | Tomorrow she would tell him everything. |
Dolaylı soruda düz sıra (what he would say), serbest dolaylıda soru sırası (What would he say?).
2Bir paragraf
- Emma looked at the clock. Half past eight.Emma saate baktı. Sekiz buçuk.
- She was late again. What would Mr. Hale say this time?Yine geç kalmıştı. Bay Hale bu sefer ne diyecekti?
- He would give her that look, of course, the one that said everything.Ona o bakışı atacaktı elbette, her şeyi anlatan o bakışı.
- Well, she didn't care.Neyse, umurunda değildi.
- Tomorrow she would tell him the truth.Yarın ona gerçeği söyleyecekti.
İlk satır anlatıcının; gerisi Emma'nın kafasının içi. Soru sırası, of course, well ve tomorrow bunu ele veriyor.
3Sıra sana
Serbest dolaylıya çevir, sonra altındaki cevaplara bak.
- "Where is my phone?" he wondered.
- "I'll never go back there," she thought.
- "Why is he so late?" she asked herself.
- "Tomorrow I'll call her," he decided.
Cevaplar: Where was his phone? · She would never go back there. · Why was he so late? · Tomorrow he would call her.