-í∫’®Ω’¢√®Ωç 27 -V-™„j 2006 Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛ 2

Arjun: Hi Nakul, well-met. How busy are you

this evening?
´’†ç Éçûª´®Ωèπ◊ ûÁ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊-†oC: 'Wh' questions
†’ J§Ú®˝d îËÊÆ-ô-°æ¤púø’, 'Wh' ûÓ begin îËÆœ, ü∆E
(£æ…ß˝’ †èπ◊™¸, éπ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊-†oç-ü¿’èπ◊ ÆæçûÓ≠æçí¬ ûª®√yûª ´îËa Vb + Sub/ HV + sub + MV order
-ÖçC. Ñ ≤ƒßª’çvûªç †’-¢Ëy-¢Á’i-Ø√ busy Ø√?) †’ Sub + Verb order í¬ ´÷Í®a≤ƒhç. Eg:
Well met - Ñ expression conversations ™
a) Arjun (to Nakul): How busy are you this
practice îËߪ’çúÕ– éπ©-®·éπ ÆæçûÓ≠æç ÅØË
evening?
Å®ΩnçûÓ. How busy - ÉC èπÿú≈ Practice DEo report îËߪ’ôç:
îËߪ’çúÕ. i) Arjun is asking/ asks Nakul how busy he
Nakul: Why are you asking?
is this evening. (Reporting verb - Present
tense)
(áçü¿’-éπ-úø’-í∫’-ûª’-Ø√o´¤?)
Arjun: I want to take you to a movie. Feel like it? Arjun: How about 'Sarkar Mogudu - Seema
ii) Arjun asked Nakul how busy Nakul was (éπ*a-ûªçí¬ É≠æd¢Ë’. Å®·ûË ¶«©-´·-®ΩR
(ÆœE´÷èπ◊ BÆæ’-Èé-∞¡-ü∆-´’-†’-èπ◊ç-ô’Ø√o. ®√¢√-©-†’çü∆?) that evening (Reporting verb - Past Pellam'?
feel like - ÅE-°œç-îªúøç
ÆæçUûªç Éçé¬Ææh NØ√L ؈’)
tense) Report: Arjun suggested 'Sarkar Mogudu -
Preethi: Will you wait for some time then?
Nakul: (It) depends on the movie you take ÉC ´’†èπ◊ ûÁL-Æœ† N≠æ-ߪ’-¢Ë’-éπü∆? ´’Sx ÉçéÓ Seema Pellam'
me to conversation at the beginning of the
(Å®·ûË é¬Ææh Çí∫’-û√¢√?)
(ÆœE´÷†’ •öÀd îÁ§ƒh) sample îª÷ü∆lç. N’í∫û√ Sruthi: Have you to search for it?
Arjun: How about 'Sarkar Mogudu - Seema b) Nakul (to Arjun): Why are you asking? lesson exercise practice
í¬ îËߪ’çúÕ.
Pellam'? Now look at the conversation below.
(ÅC ¢Áü¿-鬙« †’´¤y)
Reported speech: Preethi: Yes.
('Ææ®√\®Ω’ ¢Á·í∫’úø’ – Æ‘´’ °∞«}ç—èπ◊ i) Nakul asks Arjun why he is asking. Preethi: Hi Sruthi, do you fancy classical music?
Sruthi: Go ahead then. Can I have today's
ii) Nakul asked Arjun why he was asking.
¢Á∞«l´÷?) (¨»Æ‘Yߪ’ ÆæçU-ûª-¢Ë’-´’Ø√o Nçö«¢√?) paper in the mean time?
report (a) & (b) questions fancy = É≠ædç
É°æ¤púø’ °j† îËÆœ† paper
Å®·ûË é¬F. Åçûª-´-®Ωèπ◊ Ñ®ÓV
†’ report îËÊÆ-ô-°æ¤púø’, Sruthi: Why? Are you going to play any?
É´¤y.
Arjun is asking/ asks Nakul (Present (àç, †’¢Ëy-´’Ø√o NE-°œç-îª-¶ûª’Ø√o¢√?) O’®Ω’ í∫´’-EçîË Öçö«®Ω’ There are many
-Ççí∫x-¶µ«-≠æ-ù 190 tense), Arjun asked Nakul (Past tense)
begin
™ Play - Two in one O’ü¿-í¬F, CD O’ü¿-í¬F questions in the conversation above.
There are all non 'Wh' questions.
î˨»ç éπü∆. NE-°œç-îªôç.
Éçûª´®Ωèπ◊ ´’†ç 'Wh' questions report

Are you going to play any?

îËߪ’ôç ûÁ©’-Ææ’-èπ◊Ø√oç. É°æ¤púø’Non 'Wh'
questions report îËߪ’ôç ᙫíÓ îª÷ü∆lç.
í∫’®Ω’hçC éπü∆: 'Wh' questions Åçõ‰, What,
which, when, where, etc. ™«çöÀ 'Wh' ûÓ
questions.
¢Á·ü¿-©ßË’u ´÷ô©ûÓ v§ƒ®Ωç-¶µº-´’ßË’u
Non 'Wh' questions Åçõ‰ ÅN™‰E v°æ¨¡o©’.
Nakul: How good is it? Sankar: Are you interested in cricket?
(áçûª ¶«í∫’ç-ü¿C?)
´’†ç practice îËÆæ’h- Preethi: Do you like to listen to some of MS
Arjun: Why haven't you seen the posters? Sarala: Don't you know?
†oC Spoken English Subbulakshmi's?
(It's) seventy five days gone. Non Wh questions report
(MS Subbulakshmi ÆæçUûªç à´’Ø√o É°æ¤púø’ É™«çöÀ
(Posters áçü¿’èπ◊ îª÷∞Ï}ü¿’? É°æp-öÀéÀ 75 鬕öÀd, É™« ´÷öÀ-´÷- îËߪ’ôç (Indirect Speech ™ îÁ°æpôç) ᙫ?
öÀéà reporting verbs Nçö«¢√?)
1. Reporting Verb, is asking/ asks/ is ques-
®ÓV-™„jçC) tell, ask, question Sruthi: Have you any of Balamuralikrishna's
Nakul: OK. But what's the occasion for your tioning/ questions/ asked if
latest CDs?
ûª®√yûª ûÓ é¬F,
etc. ÅE bookish í¬ Whether Sankar is ask-
taking me to the movie? ( Ñ´’üµ¿u ´*a† ¶«©-´·-®Ω-S-éπ%≠æg ÆæçUûªç ûÓ é¬F v§ƒ®Ωç-Gµ≤ƒhç.
ing Sarala if/ whether...
≤ƒn†ç-™ ØË variety M. SURESAN
¢√úË •ü¿’©’ ¢√öÀ
(ÅC-ÆæÍ®. ††’o à Ææçü¿®Ωs¥ç™ ÆœE-´÷èπ◊ CDs ÖØ√oߪ÷?)
2. questions word order (verb + sub-
Preethi: Don't you like MS? (MS
Ç ûª®√yûª
BÆæ’-Èé-∞¡Ÿ-ûª’-Ø√o´¤?) éÓÆæç wants to know/ wanted to know/ FéÀ-≠dçæ -™‰ü∆?) ject/ helping verb + sub + main verb)
Arjun: O Nakul, why do you forget things so Sruthi: Of course I do, I have listened to
†’
wished to know ÅE èπÿú≈ ¢√úÕûË Ææ£æ«ïçí¬ statement order (sub + verb)
early? I've got admission in Sanketic plenty of hers. I have yet to hear
í¬ ´÷Í®a≤ƒhç.
Öçô’çC. See table.
college of Engineering, one of the best some of Balamurali's
N’í∫û√ ´÷®Ω’p©’ èπÿú≈ îË≤ƒhç.
Åçõ‰, tell, ask, question ņôç ûª°æ¤p-é¬ü¿’.
in the state. Correct. é¬F É™« wish to know/ wishes to
(àçôçûª ûªy®Ωí¬ ´’Ja-§Ú-û√´¤ †’´¤y? know/ would know/ wants to know É™«ç-öÀN DIRECT REPORT
®√≠æZç™ íÌ°æp-¢√-öÀ™x äéπõ„j† ≤ƒçÍé-Aé˙ Å°æ¤p-úø-°æ¤púø’ ¢√úÕûË variety í¬ØË é¬èπ◊çú≈, Reporting verb - present Reporting verb - past
Engineering college ™ Ø√èπ◊ seat Ææ£æ«ïçí¬ Öçô’çC. Sankar (to sarala): Sankar asks Sarala if/ whether Sankar asked Sarala if/ whether
´*açC) See table 1: É™« report îËߪ’ôç î√™« simple Are you interested in she is interested in cricket she was interested in cricket
Nakul: Oh, sorry I forgot it. I will make it. Don't í¬ èπÿú≈ ÅE-°œ-Ææ’hçC. O’JC áçûª ¶«í¬ prac- cricket?
worry tice îËÊÆh Åçûª Ææ’©’-´-´¤-ûª’çC.
Sarala: Sarala asks Sankar in return if Sarala asked Sankar in return if/
(´’®Ω-*-§Ú-®·-†ç-ü¿’èπ◊ ¶«üµ¿-°æ-úø’-ûª’-Ø√o†’®√. Nakul: (It) depends on the movie you take me
Don't you know? / whether he doesn't know whether he did not know
ûª°æpéπ ´≤ƒh†’. ¶«üµ¿-°æ-úøèπ◊) to.
´’†ç É°æp-öÀ-´-®Ωèπ◊ Imperatives, statements, Report: i) Nakul said it depended on the Look at the following. We are going to report part of the conversation between Preethi and
'Wh' questions report îËߪ’ôç îª÷¨»ç éπü∆. movie he took him to (Reporting Sruthi. Observe how we are going to report non 'wh' questions:
'Wh' questions report ´’J-éÌçûª practice verb - said - Past tense)
îËü∆lç. ii) Nakul says it depends on the movie DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
he (Arjun) takes him to (Reporting Reporting verb present tense Reporting verb past tense
TABLE 1: verb - says - present tense) Preethi is asking/ asks Sruthi Preethi asked Sruthi if she fancied
Preethi: Hi Sruthi, do
you fancy if/ whether she fancies classi- classical music
Direct Speech Report
classical cal music
Reporting verb - present Reporting verb - past
music?
Arjun: Hi Nakul, Well- Arjun, happy to meet Nakul Arjun, happy to meet Nakul wanted í∫´’-Eç-îªçúÕ: Report îËÊÆ--ô°æ¤púø’ verb + sub, HV + Sub + MV
met. How busy wants to know how busy he is to know how busy he was that sub + verb í¬ ´÷®Ωôç.
are you this this evening. evening.
Sruthi: Why? Are you Sruthi wants to know (is ask- Sruthi wanted to know (asked
evening?
•ü¿’©’)
going to play ing/ asks if Preethi
èπ◊ •ü¿’©’) if Preethi was going to play any.
Nakul: Why are you Nakul wants to know why he Nakul wanted to know why he any? is going to play any
Preethi asked Sruthi if/ whether she
asking? (Arjun) is asking. (Arjun) was asking.
Preethi: Do you like to Preethi asks Sruthi if she likes liked to some of MS Subbulakshmi's
Arjun: I want to take Arjun wants to take him to a Arjun wanted to take Nakul to a listen to some to listen to some of MS
you to a movie. move and asks him if he feels movie and asked him if he felt like it. of MS Subbu Subbulakshmi's
Feel like it? like it. Ééπ\úø èπÿú≈ straight í¬ he wanted lakshmi's
Ééπ\úø Arjun tells Nakul ņ- ¢√ú≈ç éπü∆, I want èπ◊ •ü¿’©’ he told Sruthi asked Preethi if/ whether she
Sruthi: Have you any Sruthi asks Preethi if/ whether
èπ◊ç-ú≈ØË 'I want' †’ 'he wants' í¬ Nakul ņ-èπ◊çú≈. had any of Balamurali's latest CDs.
of Balamurali she has any of Balamurali's
Krishna's lat- latest CD's
´÷Í®a¨»ç. É™« ´÷®Ωaôç î√™«
est CD's?
Ææ£æ«ïçí¬ Öçô’çC.

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