○ On parle de
discours indirect quand on rapporte des paroles.
● Quand
le verbe
introducteur est
au présent,
au présent
perfect ou au futur,
le temps des verbes n'est pas modifié.
∆ «I
don't understand
why she came »,
he says.
→ He
say she
doesn't understand
why she came.
○ Quand
le verbe introducteur est au prétérit,
on décale les temps d'un cran vers le passé.
∆ « I
can't come on Monday »,
he said.
→ He
said he couldn't come on Monday.
∆ « You
look really tired »,
my parents said.
→ My
parents told
me
( that
) I looked really tired.
| Exemple de verbes introducteurs : Say, tell, add, retort, answer, reply. |
| Discours Direct | Discours Indirect |
| Présent. ∆ I see her everyday. | She said, she saw me everyday. |
| Present Perfect. ∆ I | She told me, she has already read this book. |
| Prétérit. ∆ I | She said she had seen her last week. |
| Modal + Base Verbale. ∆ I | She said she would do it tomorrow. |
| Modal au Passé + Base Verbale. ∆ You | She said I could call her. |
| Past Perfect. ∆ I | She said she had finished by then. |
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