Final sheet on narration

 Change of Narration- সকল নিয়ম উদাহরণসহ

Narration/ Speech (উক্তি)

English grammar তথা ইংরেজি ব্যাকরণের একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অধ্যায় হলো Narration / Speech যার বাংলা প্রতিশব্দ উক্তি। ইংরেজি ভাষায় দক্ষতা অর্জনের জন্য Narration এর প্রয়োজনীয়তা রয়েছে।

Narration কাকে বলে?

বক্তা বক্তব্যে যা বলে বা প্রকাশ করে তাই Speech বা Narration।

⇨Sneha says, "I am going to Dhaka tomorrow." (Direct speech)

স্নেহা বলে, আমি আগামীকাল ঢাকায় যাচ্ছি।

⇨Sneha says that she is going to Dhaka the next day. (Indirect speech)

স্নেহা বললো যে সে আগামীকাল ঢাকায় যাচ্ছে।

উপরে দুইটা উদাহরণ থেকে দেখা যায় বক্তার ভাষা দুইভাবে প্রকাশ করা যায় প্রথমটি Direct speech বা প্রত্যক্ষ উক্তি আর দ্বিতীয়টি Indirect speech বা পরোক্ষে উক্তি।

Direct Speech বা প্রত্যক্ষ উক্তি: বক্তার ভাষা সম্পূর্ণ রূপে তার নিজের ভাষায় ব্যক্ত করাকে Direct speech বা প্রত্যক্ষ উক্তি বলা হয়।

Snehaa says, "I am going to Dhaka tomorrow." (Direct speech)

স্নেহা বলে, আমি আগামীকাল ঢাকায় যাচ্ছি।

Note: Direct speech বা প্রত্যক্ষ উক্তি কে সবসময় Inverted comma ” ” মধ্যে রাখা হয়।

★Direct speech এ দুইটি অংশ থাকে।

 i)Reporting verb: ব্যক্তি যে ক্রিয়া দিয়ে তার ব্যক্ত শুরু করে তাকে Reporting verb বলে।

Sneha says, "I am going to Dhaka tomorrow."

এখানে Sneha says বা স্নেহা বললো এখানে ‘says বা বলা’ টা হলো Reporting verb.

Note: এখানে মনে রাখা প্রয়োজন Narration কে Direct থেকে Indirect করার সময় Reporting verb অনুযায়ী Reporting speech পরিবর্তন হয়।

ii) Reported speech: Inverted comma এর মধ্যে থাকা ব্যাকটিকে Reported speech বলে।

Snehaa says, "I am going to Dhaka tomorrow." এখানে Inverted comma এর মধ্যে থাকা ‘I am going to Dhaka tomorrow’ হচ্ছে Reported speech.

Indirect speech বা পরোক্ষ উক্তি : বক্তার বক্তব্যের অর্থ মিলে রেখে নিজের মতো করে পরোক্ষভাবে প্রকাশ করাকে Indirect speech বা পরোক্ষে উক্তি বলে।

Sneha says that she is going to Dhaka the next day.

স্নেহা বললো যে সে আগামীকাল ঢাকায় যাচ্ছে।

Direct Speech থেকে Indirect Speech এ পরিবর্তনের নিয়ম:

📘📗Narration পারতে  হলে জানতে হবে।
1. Sentence চেনার উপায় ।
2. Sentence এর পরিবর্তন ।
3. Person এর পরিবর্তন ।
4. Verb এর পরিবর্তন ।

📗📘1. Sentence চেনার উপায় ।
1.Assertive sentence: Subject প্রথমে থাকবে এবং sentence এর শেষে ফুলস্টপ.
যেমন: Amreen is my daughter.

2. Interrogative: Wh Question +Auxiliary Verb অথবা Auxiliary Verb প্রথমে থাকে‌ শেষে প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন (?)
যেমন: What are you doing ? Are you playing?

3. Imperative Sentence:  প্রথমে মূল verb এর present form শেষে full stop. Go home.

Don't/Never+Present Form of verb Please, Kindly, Let প্রথমে থাকলে ।
যেমন: Do it right now. 

Don't run in the sun. 

Please sit down.

Let me do it.

Kindly come here.

4.Optative: May/ Long live প্রথমে থাকে, শেষে Full Stop.
যেমন: May you live long.

Long live my parents.

5.Exclamatory: What a/an,How+adjective,Hurrah,Alas ইত্যাদি থাকে শেষে !
যেমন: What a fine boy you are!

How cute the girl is!

Alas! He is undone.

Direct to indirect:

1. Assertive Sentence: 

Said/ said to এর পরিবর্তে 
 told এবং inverted comma উঠিয়ে দিয়ে that

2.Interrogative: said/ said to এর পরিবর্তে asked + inverted comma উঠিয়ে দিয়ে polar question হলে if/ whether এবং Wh question হলে Wh-word ই বসে।

3.Imperative Sentence: 
 

📗আদেশ বুঝালে said/ said to এর পরিবর্তে ordered, উপদেশ বুঝালে advised, অনুরোধ বুঝালে requested এবং এক্ষেত্রে please/ kindly উঠে যায়। 

inverted comma উঠিয়ে দিয়ে to/ not to বসে। To/ not to এর পর Verb এর Present form হয়। 

📘Let us দ্বারা প্রস্তাব বুঝালে said এর পরিবর্তে Poposed / Suggested বসে। inverted comma এর পরিবর্তে that বসে। Person change করার পর should + present form of verb হয়।

📘Let দ্বারা প্রস্তাব না বুঝালে said এর পরিবর্তে requested বসে। Inverted comma এর পরিবর্তে that এবং person change করার পর might/ might be allowed to + present form of verb 

4. Optative sentence:  Said এর পরিবর্তে wished/prayed, inverted comma এর পরিবর্তে that + person change+ might + present form of verb + extension 

 

5.Exclamatory sentence: said/ said to এর পরিবর্তে আনন্দ বুঝালেও exclaimed with joy এবং দুঃখ বুঝালেও exclaimed with sorrow, বিহ্ময় প্রকাশ পেলে exclaimed with wonder বসে। Inverted comma উঠিয়ে দিয়ে that বসে। Alas, hurrah, bravo ...exclamatory words উঠে যায়। তারপর sentence টি assertive sentence এ convert করতে হয়। 

📘📗3. Person এর পরিবর্তন ।
First Person - Reporting Verb এর Subject অনুসারে

Second Person- Reporting Verb এর Object

Third Person- No change

***4. Verb এর পরিবর্তন।

1. Present indefinite to past indefinite

2. Present continuous to past continuous

3. Present perfect to past perfect

4. Past indefinite to past perfect

5. Past continuous to past perfect continuous

6. Past perfect to no change

7.Universal truth /habitual fact to tense এর no change

8.Reporting verb যদি present /future tense হয় তাহলে reported speech এর tenseএর কোনো change হবেনা।

এছাড়াও দেখে রাখো কি থাকলে কি হবে:

am,is,are--was,were
was,were--had been
can--could
may--might
shall--should
will--would
must--had to
did--had পরের verb টি past participle

Present form of verb- past form
do/does প্রশ্নের সময় উঠে যায় ।

*** পরিবর্তন হয় না
would,could,should,might, had, had been, had to

For example:
Direct: Mahi said to Shaon, ”I write a letter.”
Indirect: Mahi told Shaon that he wrote a letter.
1. Sentence চেনার উপায় =Sentence টি assertive
2. Sentence এর পরিবর্তন = told--that
3. Person এর পরিবর্তন =I first person Subject Mahi তাই he হয়েছে
4. Verb এর পরিবর্তন = present form--past form হয়েছে

*** বি:দ্র= ‍said (past tense)এর স্থানে say/shall,will(present/future) হলে 4নং Verb এর কোন পরিবর্তন হবে না
For example
Direct: Mahi says to Shaon, ”I write a letter.” Indirect: Mahi tells Shaon that he writes a letter.

***Rules on passage narration***
Rule-1: Reported speech-এর মধ্যে কোনো ব্যক্তি বা প্রাণীর নাম ধরে ডাকার ব্যবহার থাকলে তা reporting verb এর সঙ্গে সংযুক্ত হবে। যেমন:

a. He said, ‘Sheba, do not quarrel.’
Answer: 

He forbade Sheba to quarrel.

b. They said, ‘Helal, you will attend the meeting.’ 

Answer: They said to Helal that he would attend the meeting.

c. Kamal said, ‘Nizam, do you know me?’
Answer: Kamal asked Nizam if he knew him.

d. ‘Where did you go yesterday, Sheuli ?’ said Abir. 

Answer: Abir asked Sheuli where she had gone the previous day.

e. She said, ‘Will you go to college, Apu?’ Answer: She asked Apu if he would go to college.

Try yourself:
a. I said, ‘Ritu, you will come to Dhaka tomorrow with your friend’.
b. Sumon said, ‘You did not do well in the examination, Razib’.
c. The teacher said, ‘Hassan, you must buy new English book as early as possible’.
d. The mistress of the house said, ‘You need not come here tomorrow, Shuvo’.
e. She said, "Nipa, you are a very good, sincere and hardworking girl."

Rule-2: Reporting verb-টি মাঝে বা শেষে থাকলেও indirect করার সময় তাকে sentence-এর শুরুতে নিয়ে আসতে হবে। যেমন:

a. ‘You look a little bit like my mother’, Jerry said to the authoress, ‘Especially in the dark by the fire.’
Answer: Jerry said to the authoress that she looked a little bit like his mother especially in the dark by the fire.

b. ‘Follow my example,’ she said to me, ‘and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.’
Answer: She advised me to follow her example and never to eat more than one thing for luncheon.

c. ‘I have made a terrible mistake,’ said the man, ‘I have forgotten to pay my exam fee’.
Answer: The man said that he had made a terrible mistake and added that he had forgotten to pay his exam fee.

d. ‘You will come to college regularly,’ the teacher said to the students, ‘otherwise, you will not understand it.’
Answer: The teacher said to the students that they would go to college regularly, otherwise, they would not understand it.

Try yourself:
a. ‘You have to read English more and more,’ the teacher said to the students, b. ‘Otherwise, you will not cut a good figure in English’.

c. ‘Nazrul is not only the national poet of Bangladesh, father said to his son, ‘But also a rebel poet’.

d. "Most of the students of our college are weak in English," she said, ‘they are not sincere enough in English’.

Rule-3: পরপর দুটি উক্তি থাকলে also said/and added/also asked হয়। কিন্তু ৩টি উক্তি থাকলে also added /further added/again said ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করতে হয়। যেমন:

a. Jerry said, "I can chop some wood today. I shall come again tomorrow’.
Answer: Jerry said that he could chop some wood that day and added that he would go again the next day.

b. She said to me, ‘What is your name. Where do you live?’
Answer: She asked me what my name was and also asked where I lived.

c. He said to us, ‘I came here yesterday. I will go to Sirajgonj tomorrow.’
Answer: He said to us that he had gone there the previous day and added that he would go to Sirajgonj the next day.

d. The man said to me, ‘I will come here tomorrow. I will finish this work as soon as possible.’
Answer: The man said to me that he would go there the next day and added that he would finish that work as soon as possible.

Try yourself:
a. The man said to me, "Please, lend me some money. I shall return it to you tomorrow."
b. I said to the little girl, "What is your name? What class do you read in?"
c. She said to me, "I sent the parcel to my mother yesterday. She will get it most probably tomorrow."

Rule-4:Yes/no থাকলে যথাক্রমে replied in the affirmative that এবং replied in the negative that ব্যবহার করতে হয়। যেমন:

a. ‘Yes, I have finished reading the book,’ I replied.

Answer: I replied in the affirmative that I had finished reading the book.

b. She said, ‘No, I have not seen him today.’
Answer: She replied in the negative that she had not seen him that day.

c. Jhumu said to Mitu, ‘Are you going to Sirajganj tomorrow?’ ‘No, I have changed my decision,’ said Mitu.

Answer: Jhumu asked Mitu if she was going to Sirajganj the next day. Mitu replied in the negative that she had changed her decision.

d. The man said to his son, ‘Are you ill.’ ‘No, I am not ill,’ replied the son.
Answer: The man asked his son if he was ill. The son replied in the negative that he was not ill.

Try yourself:
a. Rahi said to me, ‘Yes, I shall go to your house tomorrow. Then I shall go my teacher’s house.’'

b. ‘Yes, we will learn our lessons tomorrow,’ the students said to the teacher.

 c. The rich man said to the villagers, ‘Yes, I shall establish a college in this village next year.’

Rule-5: Sir/Madam-থাকলে respectfully ব্যবহার করতে হয় বা told/replied অর্থাৎ যা থাকবে তার শেষে with respect. যেমন:

a. ‘Yes, sir,’ she replied, ‘I have done my duty.’

Answer: She respectfully replied in the affirmative that she had done her duty.
or She replied in the affirmative with respect that she had done her duty

b. Looking at my hands the beggar said, ‘Madam, please give me your cardigan.’
Answer: Looking at my hands the beggar respectfully requested me to give him my cardigan.

c. The student replied, ‘No, I have not learnt my lessons today, Sir.’
Answer: The student respectfully replied in the negative that he had not learnt his lessons that day.

d. The man said, ‘Yes, Madam, I have completed the work.’
Answer: The man respectfully replied in the affirmative that he had completed the work.

Try yourself:

a. ‘Yes, Sir, I came here yesterday,’ the labour said to his master, ‘I will go there again tomorrow.’

b. ‘No, Sir, I have not learnt my lessons today,’ the student said to the teacher, ‘I was ill yesterday and that is why I could not prepare my lessons.’

c. ‘Yes, madam, I will go to market tomorrow,’ the maid said to the mistress of the house, ‘Then I will inform you in detail about this matter.

Rule-6: যদি কাউকে address করা হয় তবে addressing as brother/sister/friend দিয়ে শুরু করতে হয়। যেমন:

a. ‘Are you hungry, brothers?’ said the wise king.
Answer: Addressing as brother the wise king asked if they were hungry.

b. The captain said, ‘My friends, be always ready to face our enemy.’
Answer: Addressing as friend the captain ordered them to be always ready to face their enemy.

c. ‘Dear friends,’ the patriot said, ‘Listen to me.’
Answer: Addressing as dear friend the patriot advised to listen to him.

Try yourself:

a. The teacher said, ‘Dear students, you should be attentive in the class, otherwise, you will not be able to cut a good figure in the final examination.’

b. The man said to me, ‘Brother, will you help me to perform the work tomorrow?’

Rule-7: by Allah/by God ইত্যাদি থাকলে swearing by Allah/swearing by God ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করতে হয়। যেমন:

a. ‘By Allah,’ he replied, ‘I will not leave this house.’
Answer: Swearing by Allah he replied that he would not leave that house.

b. ‘By God,’ she replied, ‘I will not go to London.’
Answer: Swearing by God she replied that she would not go to London.

c. ‘By Allah, we will play in this field,’ the boys said.

Answer: Swearing by Allah the boys said that they would play in that field.

d. She said, ‘By Jove, I will come here tomorrow.’

Answer: Swearing by Jove she said that she would go there the next day.

Rule-8: Present participle অপরিবর্তিত অবস্থায় শুরুতে বসে। যেমন:

a. ‘Are you brothers?’ asked the mistress of the house, turning to the dervishes.

Answer: Turning to the dervishes the mistress of the house asked if they were brothers.

b. ‘Why have you come here?’ said Mr. Kamal turning to the stranger.
Answer: Turning to the stranger Mr. Kamal asked why he had gone there.

c. ‘Why have you not learnt your lessons?’ the teacher asked the students coming to the class.
Answer: Coming to the class the teacher asked the students why they have not learnt their lessons.

9.thanks দিলে:
a.Rahi said,"thanks sir"
answer :Rahi thanked his teacher with respect.

****অথবা অন্য নিয়মে***
Rules of Changing Narration
According to Tense:
a). Direct speech এর reporting verb present tense, present perfect tense, Future Tense এর হলে Reported Speech এর verb এর tense এর কোন পরিবর্তন হয় না। কেবল person পরিবর্তন হয়।

Direct: He says, “I am ill.”
Indirect: He says that he is ill.

b). Reporting verb টি past tense হলে Reported speech এর verb পরিবর্তিত হয়ে Corresponding past tense হয়।

Note: Direct Speech থেকে Indirect Speech এ করার নিয়ম নিচে দেখানো হল:

Direct Indirect:

Present Indefinite Tense:
He said, “I write a letter.”
He said that he wrote a letter.

Present Continuous Tense:
He said, “I am reading.”
He said that he was reading

Present Perfect Tense:
She said, “I have done my duty."
She said that she had done her duty

Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
They said, “We have been working for two hours.”

They said that they had been working for two hours.

Past Indefinite Tense:
He said, “I wrote a letter.”
He said that he had written a letter.

Past Continuous Tense:
Molly said, “I was reading.”
Molly said that she had been reading.

Past Perfect Tence
Belal said ti me, ”you had eaten”
Belal said to me that I had eaten.

Future Tense:
She said to me, “I shall help you.”
She said that she would help me

According to Modal Verb:
Direct to Indirect:

‘will’
Rita said to me, “You will go home tomorrow.”
'would'

Rita said to me that I would go home next day.

‘shall’
Rifat said, “I shall do the work.”

'should’
Rifat said that she would to the work.

‘Can’
He said, “I can finish the work."

‘Could’
He said that he could finish the work.

‘May’
Pritam said, “I may go to school."

'Might’

Pritam said that he might go to school.

Wish, would, rather, sooner, it is high time এর পর unreal past tense অপরিবর্তিত থাকে।

Direct: He said, “It is time we left the place."
Indirect: He said that it was time they left the place.

Indirect speech এ “had better” 1st person এবং third person এর সহিত অপরিবর্তিত থাকে। কিন্তু second person-এর সহিত had better অপরিবর্তিত থাকতে পারে অথবা নিম্নলিখিত উপায়ে পরিবর্তিত হতে পারে।

Direct: He said to me,”You had better go”.
Indirect: He said to me that I had better go.

might, ought to, should, would, used to, indirect speech এ অপরিবর্তিত থাকে।

Direct: I said to him,”You might go."
Indirect: I said to him that he might go.

If I were you, I should/would… ” দ্বারা উপদেশ বুঝালে indirect করার সময় 

Subject+advised+object+to+reported speech এর verb বসে।

Direct: I said to him,” If I were you, I should wait."

Indirect: I advised him to wait.

According to Person:
Reported speech-এর অন্তরগত First Person সর্বদা Reporting verb- এর Subject- এর person অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়।

Direct: He said to me,” I had done my duty”.
Indirect: He said to me that he had done his duty.

Reported Speech -এর অন্তর্গত Second person সর্বদা Reporting verb -এর object- এর person অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তিত হয়।

Direct: He said to me, “You have done your duty”.
Indirect: He told me that I had done my duty.

Reported Speech -এর অন্তর্গত Third Person এর কোন পরিবর্তন হয় না।
Direct: I said to you, “ He has done his duty”.
Indirect: I said to you that he had done his duty.

Exceptional:
We দ্বারা মানবজাতি বুঝালে first person হওয়া সত্তে ও indirect speech এ তার পরিবর্তন হয় না।

Direct: The teacher said, “ We are mortal,”
Indirect: The teacher said that we are mortal.

b) We যদি বক্তা(speaker) ও যাকে উদ্দেশ্য করে (person spoken to) উভয়কে বুঝায় তবে Indirect Speech -এ তার কোন পরিবর্তন হয় না।

Direct: He said to me, “We should do our duty.”
Indirect: He said to me that we should do our duty.

Some Extra Tips:
must সাধারনতঃ “had to” তে রুপান্তরিত হয়।
Direct: Nafisa said, “ I must write a letter”.
Indirect: Nafisa said that she had to write a letter.

b) First person must এ must কোন ভবিষ্যৎ কাজের দ্বারা বাধ্যবাধকতা বুঝাতে Indirect speech-এ would have to তে রুপান্তরিত হয়।

Direct: He said, “We must leave the house if the rent is increased.”
Indirect: He said that they would have to leave the house if the rent was increased.

c) কিন্তু চিরকালীন বাধ্যবাধকতা বুঝালে must-এর কোন পরিবর্তন হয় না।
Direct: Father said to his son, “ You must obey your teachers”.
Indirect: Father said to his son that he must obey his teachers.

d) Reported speech কোন Universal truth(চিরন্তন সত্য) or habitual fact(অভ্যাসগত কর্ম) প্রকাশ করলে verb-এর কোন পরিবর্তন হয় না।
Direct: He said, “The earth moves round the sun.”
Indirect: He said that the earth moves round the sun.

e) Reporting verb হিসেবে “say” বা “tell”-এর ব্যবহার।

Reported verb হিসেবে “say” Direct এবং Indirect উভয় Speech-এই ব্যবহৃত হয়। তবে indirect speech এ say ব্যবহার না করাই ভাল। Reporting verb হিসেবে tell সাধারনত direct narration এ ব্যবহৃত হয় না। Tell এর পর অবশ্যই একটি indirect (ব্যক্তিবাচক) object বসাতে হবে। say এর পর যদি object বসাতে হয় তবে object এর পূর্বে to বসে। tell এর পর to বসে না।
Direct: Ria said to Jebin,  “ I like to read novels.”
Indirect: Ria told Jebin that she liked to read novels.

f) নৈকট্য সূচক শব্দগুলো Indirect speech এ পরিবর্তিত হয়ে দূরত্ব সূচক শব্দে পরিনত হয়। যেমনঃ

📗Direct to Indirect

This=That
Today=That day
These=There
Yesterday=The previous day
Ago= before
Last month= The previous month
Come=go
To night=That night
Thus=so
Last night= The previous night
Hither=Thither
Next week=The following week
Here=There
Now= Then

g) Direct Speech এ “Thank you” থাকলে তাকে Indirect করার নিয়মঃ
Structure: sub + thank/thanked + reporting verb এর obj
Direct: He said to me, “Thank you."
Indirect: He thanked me.

h) “Good bye” যুক্ত Direct speech কে Indirect করার নিয়মঃ

Structure: Sub + bid/bade + obj + goodbye
Direct: He said, “Good bye my friends”.
Indirect: He bade his friends good bye.

i) Direct Speechএ Good morning/Good evening/Good night থাকলে indirect করার নিয়মঃ
Structure: sub+ wish/wised + obj + good morning/evening/night
Direct: I said to him, “Good morning.”
Indirect: I wished him good morning.

j) Reporting verb ও তার subject এবং object উল্লেখ না থাকলে The speaker said to the person spoken to লিখে Indirect Speech-এ রূপান্তর করতে হয়।

Direct: “I shall meet you tomorrow”.
Indirect: The speaker said to the person spoken to that he would meet him the next day.

📘According to Sentence:
Assertive sentence:
Assertive sentence কে indirect speech-এ রুপান্তরের সময় Reporting verb say/said, or tell/told (object যদি থাকে) বসে । Inverted comma উঠে গিয়ে conjunction “that” বসে । Reported Speech এর subject + verb + Extension.
Direct: The teacher said to me, “You are wrong”.
Indirect: The teacher said to me that I was wrong.
Direct: Ruma said, “My father would go home tomorrow”.
Indirect: Ruma said that her father would go home the following day.

b) Interrogative Sentence:

Reporting verb টি ‘ask’ ‘enquire of’ ‘want to know’ ‘demand’ ‘wonder’ ইত্যাদিতে পরিবর্তিত হয়। Reported Speech যদি Auxiliary verb (do, does, did, shall, will, am, is, are, was, were, can, may ইত্যাদি) দ্বারা আরম্ভ হয় আর্থাৎ সংক্ষেপে “yes” বা “no” দ্বারা উত্তর দেওয়া যায় তবে Reported speech এর পূর্বে that না বসিয়া if/whether বসাতে হয়। Sentence টি Interrogative এর পরিবর্তে Assertive sentence -এ রুপান্তরিত হয়।
Direct: He said to me, “Are you reading my book?”
Indirect: He asked me if  I was reading his book.

Reported Speech যদি Interrogative pronoun (who, whom, whose, what, which ইত্যাদি) বা Interrogative adverb (why, where, how, when ইত্যাদি) দ্বারা আরম্ভ হয় তবে if/whether বসে না, ঐ শব্দটিই বসে। 

Sentence টি Interrogative এর পরিবর্তে Assertive sentence -এ রুপান্তিত হয়।

Direct: He said to his father, “What are you doing?” Indirect: He asked his father what he was doing.

c) Imperative Sentence:
এক্ষেএে Reporting verb -টি অনুরোধ বুঝালে request, আদেশ বুঝালে order/command, উপদেশ বুঝালে advise অন্যথায় tell দ্বারা পরিবর্তিত হয় + Inverted comma উঠে গিয়ে to বসে + Reported speech-এর মূল verb থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত বসে।
Direct: He said to me, “ Please give me a glass of water.”
Indirect: He requested me to give him a glass of water.

Direct: He said to me, “ Don't do this.”
Idirect: He told  me not to do that.
Imperative sentence-এ direct speech-এ কাউকে সম্বোধন করা হলে নিচের নিয়ম এর সাহায্যে indirect speech-এ রূপান্তর করতে হয়।

Structure: Addressing + Reporting verb-এর object(যদি থাকে) + as + যাকে/যাদেরকে সম্বোধন করা হইয়াছে সে শব্দটি + reporting verb-এর subject + reporting verb + to + reported speech এর মূল verb থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত।

Direct: He said to them, “Friends help me.”
Indirect: Addressing them as friends he requested them to help him.

Imperative sentence এর Direct speech-এ Sir থাকলে indirect করার সময় Sir এর পরিবর্তে respectfully ব্যবহৃত হয়।

Direct: The boy said to the teacher, “ Sir, lend me your book please.”
Indirect: The boy requested the teacher respectfully to lend him(b) his(t) book.

Let এর পরে us থাকলে indirect করার সময় reporting verb said এর পরিবর্তে  proposed/suggested হয় + inverted comma উঠে গিয়ে that বসে + they/we + should বসে + reported speech এর মূল verb থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত বসে।

Note: Reporting verb এর Subject third person হলে that এর পর we বসে এবং reporting verb এর subject first person হলে that এর পরে they বসে।

Direct: We said to the chairman, “Let us drop the matter.”
Indirect: We proposed the chairman dropping the matter.

Direct: I said to him, “Let us play.”
Indirect: I suggest playing.

Exceptional:

Let দ্বারা প্রস্তাব না বুঝালে reporting verb টি পরিবর্তন হয় না inverted comma উঠে that বসে+ reported verb এর subject পুনরায় বসে + might + reporting speech-এর মূল verb থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত বসে।

Direct: Kamal said to me, “Let him say whatever he likes.”
Indirect: Kamal told me that he might say whatever he liked.

Optative Sentence:
Reporting verb-এর পরিবর্তে wish or pray বসে + Inverted comma উঠে গিয়ে that বসে + Reported speech -এর subject বসে + may/might + Reported speech -এর মূল verb থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত বসে।

Direct: Father said to me, “May you pass the examination.”
Indirect: Father prayed that I might pass the examination.
Direct: The teacher said to the student, “May Allah bless you.”
Indirect: The teacher wished that Allah might bless the student.

Exclamatory Sentence:

Direct Speech দ্বারা আনন্দ বুঝালে Reporting verb পরিবর্তিত হয়ে exlaimed/
exlaimed with joy আর দুঃখ বুঝালে exclaimed/exclaimed with sorrow or grief ইত্যাদি হয় + Inverted comma উঠে that বসে + reported speech আর subject + reporting verb অনুযায়ী reported speech আর verb বসে + very/great + adjective বসে + বাকি অংশ।

Direct: The man said, “Alas! I am undone.”
Indirect: The man exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.

Reported Speech how বা what দ্বারা শুরু হলে অর্থাৎ Sentence এর শুরুতে আতিশয্য বুঝালে Indirect Narration করার সময় উক্ত How/What এর পরিবর্তে very, much, great ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করতে হয়।
Direct: Sima said, “What a fine bird it is.”
Indirect: Sima exclaimed with joy that it was a very fine bird.

Direct: She said, " What a fool Kuddus is!"

Indirect: She exclaimed with wonder that Kuddus was a great fool.

📗📘Happy learning

Noor E Alam Sir

University of Dhaka

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