Direct and Indirect Speech Rules and Examples in English & Urdu

Direct and Indirect Speech Rules and Examples in English & Urdu

Direct and Indirect Speech is used to express the content of any statements, questions, or other utterances made by anyone. There are two ways to express the statement, question, or utterance. One is Direct Speech and the Second one is Indirect Speech. In Direct Speech, we quote the statement as it was made. But in indirect speech, we have a slight change in the words of the one who is making the statement. We don’t quote the exact words.

Direct Speech: When we report the exact words of the speaker, without any change then this mood of communication is called direct speech.

Example: He said, “I am hungry”

Here the exact words of the speaker are I am hungry and those are repeated without any change.

Indirect Speech: When we do not report the real words of the speaker and change them, this mood of communication is called indirect speech.

Example: He said that he was hungry.

Here we changed the real words of the speaker.  I am hungry to He was hungry.

Parts of Direct Speech
Reporting Speech	Reported Speech
It contains the words of a speaker, the person who is reporting the message	Contains words of a speaker whose message is reported
He said, “I will call you
He said = Reporting Speech	I will call you = Reported Speech

Direct & Indirect Speech With Urdu Explanation:

inverted  commas جب ہم کسی دوسرے شخص کے الفاظ، لفظ بہ لفظ، بغیر کسی ترمیم کے،

 کہلاتی ہے۔ Direct Speech بھی کہتے ہی کے اندر لکھتے ہیں تو یہ Quotation marks انہیں

اور اگر ہم کسی دوسرے کے الفاظ خود اپنے الفاظ میں بغیر

کہلاتی ہے۔ Indirect Speech کے لکھیں تو یہ inverted commas

آئیے اسے ایک مثال سے سمجھتے ہیں۔ احمد نے کہا ، میں بازار جاؤں گا۔ انگریزی میں

اگرہم  احمد کے الفاظ میں لکھنا چاہتے ہیں تو ہم  لکھیں گے

• Ahmed said, “I will go to market.”

کہتے ہیں یعنی  بولنے والے کے الفاظ دہرا دیے۔ Direct Speech اسے ہم

 لیکن اگر ہم ان الفاظ کو اپنے الفاظ میں لکھیں تو  اس طرح لکھیں گے

• Ahmed said that he would go to market.

ہے۔ یہاں ہم نے اپنے الفاظ میں احمد کے کہے ہوے الفاظ لکھ دیے۔ Indirect Speech یہ

بھی تبدیل کر دیا ۔ tense سے تبدیل کر دیا اور heکو I کیونکہ یہ ہمارے الفاظ ہیں، ہم نے

اس کے بارے میں تفصیل سے آگے چل  کر پڑہیں گے۔

یہ یاد رکھیے گا کہ

    written English کا تعلق   Direct and Indirect Speech

صرف  لکھنے میں لگ سکتے ہیں۔ Inverted commas سے ہے۔ 

Terminology میں استعمال ہونے والی Direct Indirect Speech

• Ahmed said, “I will go to the market”

میں ہے۔ Direct Speech اوپر دیا گیا جملہ

کہلاتا ہے۔ ”reporting clause”پہہلا حصہ جو انڈر لائین ہے

کہلاتا ہے۔ “Reported Clause”کے درمیان ہے inverted commasدوسرا حصہ جو بولڈ ہے اور

بھی کہتے ہیں۔ quoted speechاس کو

   میں تبدیل کریں تو جملہ یوں ہو جائےگا Indirect Speech

• Ahmed said that he would go to the market.

 “Ahmed Said” کہلاتا ہے۔پہلے حصہ Reported Speech یا Indirect Speech اس حالت میں یہ جملہ

   اور دوسرے حصے reporting clauseکو

کہتے ہیں۔ reported speech کو reported clause یا  “he would go to the market”

 

Important Words to Change

Direct	Indirect
Today	That day
Yesterday	The day before
Tomorrow	Following day
Is, am	Was
Was, were	Had been
Did	Had
Will, shall	Would
Can	Could
Must	Had to
Ago	Before
This	That
These	Those
Last	The previous
Are	Where
May	Might
Now	Then
Today	That day
It	That
next	The following

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100+ Sentences Examples of Direct & Indirect Speech

Direct Speech	Indirect speech
She said, “She works in New York Times”.	She said that she worked in New York Times.
Jim said, “Bill loves to eat fish”.	Jim said that bill loved to eat fish.
He said, “I write a book’’.	He said that he wrote a book.
She said, “He goes to school daily”.	She said that he went to school daily.
They said, “We love our country”.	They said that they loved their country.
Direct speech	Indirect speech
He said, “Sun rises in the east”.	He said that the sun rises in the east
My teacher said, “Earth revolves around the sun”.	My teacher said that Earth revolves around the Sun.
She said, “All that glitters is not gold”.	She said that all that glitters is not gold.
Ali said, “Four and four are eight”.	Ali said that four and four is eight.
Direct: She said, “I go to school daily”.	اس نے کہا، “میں روزانہ اسکول جاتی ہوں”۔
Indirect: He said that she went to school daily.	اس نے بتایا کہ وہ روزانہ اسکول جاتی تھی۔
Direct: He said, “He likes computer “.	انہوں نے کہا، “وہ کمپیوٹر پسند کرتا ہے “.
Indirect: He said that he liked computer.	اس نے کہا کہ اسے کمپیوٹر پسند ہے۔
Direct: He said, “She listens to the music	انہوں نے کہا، “وہ موسیقی سنتی ہے “.
Indirect: He said that she listened to the music.	انہوں نے کہا کہ وہ موسیقی سنتی ہیں۔
Direct: She said, “I wash my clothes “.	اس نے کہا، “میں اپنے کپڑے دھوتی ہوں”۔
Indirect: She said that she washed her clothes.	اس نے بتایا کہ اس نے کپڑے دھوئے۔
Direct: I said, “It rains “.	میں نے کہا، “بارش ہوتی ہے”۔
Indirect: I said that it rained.	میں نے کہا کہ بارش ہوئی۔