Exercise of indirect speech (Subjunctive I)
Rewrite each of the following direct statements as and indirect statement, starting with Er hat gesagt and using the appropriate subjunctive I form.
Recap:
- Sie sagt, sie habe die Aufgaben alleine gelöst. (indirect speech) - (She said, she had solved all tasks alone)
1. "Vater ist krank gewesen. " - Er hat gesagt, Vater krank .
("The father was sick" - He said, the father had been sick)
2. "Mutter hatte Geld." - Er hat gesagt, Mutter Geld .
("Mother had money" - He said, mother has had money)
3. "Mara hat keine Angst." - Er hat gesagt, Mara Angst.
("Mara has no fear" - He said, Mara has had no fear)
4. "Sie waren zusammen." - Er hat gesagt, sie zusammen .
("They were together" - He said, they had been together)
5. "Er hatte Sie geliebt." - Er hat gesagt, er sie .
("He loved her" - He said, he has loved her)
6. "Laura war nach Hamburg gereist." - Er hat gesagt, Laura nach Hamburg .
("Laura traveled to Hamburg" - He said, Laura has traveled to Hamburg)
7. "Tante Hilde wohnt in Hamburg." - Er hat gesagt, Tante Hilde in Hamburg .
("Aunt Hilde lives in Hamburg" - He said, aunt Hilde lives in Hamburg)
8. "Wir hatten dich besucht. " Er hat gesagt, wir dich .
("We have visited you" - He said, we have visited you)
This not a good example of the usage of subjunctive I. We have learned that in this cases we use the subjunctive II to identify the indirect speech
Use the subjunctive II
Er hat gesagt, wir dich . (He said, we would have visited you)
9. "Der Tisch war aufgebaut." Er hat gesagt, der Tisch .
("The table was built" - He said, the table were built)
10. "Die Wohnung war gestrichen." Er hat gesagt, die Wohnung .
("The apartment was painted" - He said, the apartmend was painted)
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