4.

Reported speech-Gi g‡a¨ “yes” ev “no” _vK‡j Reporting verb wn‡m‡e Replied
in the affirmative ev negative e¨eüZ n‡e| WvqvMÖv‡gi mvnv‡h¨Ñ
Reporting verb YES / NO

Sub + Replied in the affirmative or Negative

“Yes” ev “No” Gi ci e³e¨ _vK‡j Replied in the affirmative and said that / Replied
in the negative and said that e¨eüZ n‡e| WvqvMÖv‡gi mvnv‡h¨Ñ
Passage Narration By Steps
Reporting verb Yes, I did / No, I did not
1. GKwU Passage †_‡K cÖ_‡gB e³v (speaker) I †kÖvZv‡K (listener)
Sub + Replied in the affirmative or Negative and said that .....
wPwýZ Ki‡Z n‡e| GwU GKwU WvqvMÖv‡gi mvnv‡h¨ e¨vL¨v
‡`qv hvq| 5. e³vi e³e¨ GKB iK‡gi K‡qKevi n‡j, †m‡ÿ‡Î wb¤œwjwLZ Dcv‡q hy³ n‡Z cv‡i|
“............................................” “.......................................”
“.........................”, Speaker, ............................................. said that Assertive sentence
asked if Interrogative sentence
...................................................... ................................
and added that Assertive sentence
........................................... Listener ............................... and further asked and Interrogative sentence
........................ .............................. ........................... and further added that Assertive sentence
............................................ .......................................... and more asked Interrogative sentence
.......................................................... ............................. and more over added that Assertive sentence
and again asked Interrogative sentence
and again added taht Assertive sentence
Passage 6. ‡Kvb passage-G speaker I listener D‡jøL bv _vK‡j The speaker (e³vi ¯’v‡b) I
2. Reporting verb ‡hLv‡bB _vKzK bv †Kb Zv Reported speech-Gi ïiæ‡ZB The listener (‡kÖvZvi ¯’v‡b) e¨envi Ki‡Z n‡e|
e¨eüZ n‡e| WvqvMÖv‡gi mvnv‡h¨ e¨vL¨v ‡`qv hvqt-
Rerporting Verb Rerporting Speech
Reporting verb Reported speech
The speaker What is she doing?
Reported speech Reporting verb Reported speech The listener She is trying to sleep
Reported speech Reporting verb The speaker Is she sick?

3. GKB e³vi e³e¨ K‡qKevi _v‡K Ges wewfbœ cÖKvi ev‡K¨i ev GKB cÖKvi The listener She is sick a little bit.
ev‡K¨i n‡Z cv‡i| †m †ÿ‡Î e³e¨¸‡jv wb¤œ Dcv‡q hy³ n‡Z cv‡i|
N.B: (a) hLb †kÖvZvi bvg D‡jøL _v‡K bv ZLb Reporting verb wn‡m‡e Replied
and said Assertive sentence e¨eüZ n‡e|
(b) hw` Reported speech-wU Imperative sentence nq Ges please w`‡q ïiæ
and asked if / - / Interrogative sentence
n‡j to-Gi c‡i kindly e¨envi Ki‡Z n‡e| †hgb t
and ordered / requested to Imperative sentence Direct : He said to me, “Please, give me your pen.”
Indirect : He requested me to kindly give him my pen.
and prayed for Optative sentence

and exclaimed with sorrow Exclamatory sentence