"Yorgunum" dedi → yorgun olduğunu söyledi. Türkçe aktarırken zamanı değiştirmez. İngilizce said geçmişteyse aktarılan cümlenin zamanını bir adım geri kaydırır: am → was.
1Bir adım geri
| Doğrudan | Aktarma |
|---|---|
| "I'm tired." | She said she was tired. |
| "We are ready." | They said they were ready. |
| "I work here." | He said he worked there. |
| "I'll call." | She said she would call. |
| "I can swim." | He said he could swim. |
| "I've finished." | She said she had finished. |
| "I'm working." | She said she was working. |
Her fiil bir adım geride: is → was, will → would, can → could, have done → had done. here de there oldu; bunu ayrı bir derste göreceksin.
2Ne zaman şart?
Söylenen şey artık doğru değilse kayma şarttır. Aktarılan şey hâlâ doğruysa kaydırmak zorunda değilsin; o durumları bir sonraki derste göreceksin.
3Sıra sana
said ile aktar ve zamanı kaydır, sonra altındaki cevaplara bak.
- "I'm hungry," Ali said.
- "I'll help you," she said.
- "We can't come," they said.
- "I've lost my keys," he said.
Cevaplar: Ali said he was hungry. · She said she would help me. · They said they couldn't come. · He said he had lost his keys.