Question

直接引语变间接引语哪些情况时态不变直接引语有

Answer 1

• 都是一般现在时，可以不用改变时态。

• 如果是客观规律，也可以不用改变时态。

以下情况,引语时态无需改变：
1）说话人当时转述（不具备可考性）
2）引语为客观真理或名言警句等时
如：The teacher told us that the moon is smaller than the earth.
3）引语中含有明显而确定的某个时间状语时
如：He said, "Lucy, I was born in 1999."
改成：He told Lucy that he was born in 1999.