Interrogative Sentence
(প্রশ্নবোধক বাক্য)
১.
Reporting Verb-এর said বা said to-এর পরিবর্তে asked হবে।
২.
Reporting Verb এবং Reported Speech-এর মধ্যে linker হিসাবে if / whether বসবে।
৩.
Direct Narration-এ Reported speech-টি যদি Do বা Did দিয়ে শুরু হয় তাহলে তার
Indirect করতে হলে Do বা Did উঠে গিয়ে তার Assertive Sentence করতে হবে। তার মানে
Subject+Verb+Object করতে হবে এবং Sentence-এর শেষে Full Stop (.) বসবে।
যেমনঃ
Direrct:
Liton said to Lipi, “Do you follow me?”
Indirect:
Liton asked Lipi if she followed him.
Direct:
Amlan said to Rekha, Did you listen to my song?”
Indirect:
Amlan asked Rekha if she had listened to his song.
৪.
যদি Direct Narration-এ Reported speech-টি Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Have, Has, Had,
Shall, Will, Can, Could, May, Might-এর মধ্যে যে কোন একটি দিয়ে শুরু হয় তাহলে সেটি
Indirect Narration-এ Subject-এর পরে বসবে।
যেমনঃ
Direct:
Elzina said to me, “Have you seen me ago?”
Indirect:
Elzina asked me if I had seen her before.
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Assertive Sentence |
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Direct Narration–এ থাকলে |
Indirect Narration-এ হবে |
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(Comma) “......”
(Inverted Comma) |
if/whether |
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say/says |
ask/asks
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say
to / says to |
ask/asks |
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said |
asked |
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said
to |
asked |
Direct: Asha said to Isha, “Have you seen my picture?”
Indirect: Asha
asked Isha if he had seen her picture.
Direct: Swapan said to me, “Do you know me?”
Indirect: Swapan
asked me if I knew him.
Direct: Abida said to a boy, “Are you my friend?”
Indirect: Abida
asked me if I was her friend.
Direct: Rikta said to a man, “Shall I follow you?”
Indirect: Rikta
asked a man if she would follow the man
Direct: I said to Ripon, “Did you draw the picture?”
Indirect: I
asked Ripon if he had drawn the picture.
Direct: I said to Sonali, “Are you going to the school?”
Indirect: I
asked Sonali if she was going to school.
Direct: Lucy said to me, “Is there any problem?”
Indirect: Lucy
asked me if there was any problem.
Direct: The teacher said to a student, “Did you come to school
yesterday?”
Indirect: The
teachers asked a student if he had gone to school the previous day.
Direct: Nand said to Rakhi, “Is this your book?”
Indirect: Nand
asked Rakhi if that was her book.
Direct: Browning said to Seema, “Can you lend me a pen?”
Indirect: Browning
asked Seema if she could lend him a pen.
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মনে রাখতে হবে, যদি Direct Narration-এ Reported speech আগে এবং Reporting verbটি পরে
বসে তাহলে তার Indirect Narration করতে হলে আগে Reporting verbকে আনতে হবে তারপরে
Reported speech বসাতে হবে। নীচের উদাহরণগুলি লক্ষ্য কর।
Direct: “Do you know the way to the station?” She said to Mahim.
Indirect: She asked
Mahim if (whether) he knew the way to the station.
Direct: “Are you weeping?” I said to Albela.
Indirect: I asked
Albela whether she was weeping.
Direct: “Had the rose charmed you?” Rosy said to me.
Indirect: Rosy asked
me if the rose had charmed me.
Direct: “Have you
finished my work?” Kabita said to me.
Indirect: Kabita asked
me whether I had finished her work.
Direct: “Did you knock
me yesterday?” Urmi said to Rubel.
Indirect: Urmi asked
Rubel if he had knocked her the previous day.
Direct: “Is your father
at home now?” Alaka said to Biplab.
Indirect: Alaka asked
Biplab if his father was at home then.
Direct: “May I help
you?” Lalit said to Rekha.
Indirect: Lalit asked
Rekha if he might help her.
Direct: “Will you take
tea?” She said to me.
Indirect: She asked me
whether I should take tea.
Direct: “Can I not meet
you?” Babli Said to Akash.
Indirect: Babli said
to Akash if she could not meet him.
Direct: “Do you want to
attract me?” I said to Jannat.
Indirect: I asked
Jannat if she wanted to attract me.
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যদি Wh-word দিয়ে Reported speech-টি শুরু হয় তাহলে linker হিসেবে if বা whether বসবে
না। সেই জায়গায় Wh-word-টি linker হিসেবে ব্যবহার হবে তারপর। বাকি Sentence-টি
Assertive Sentence-এ রূপান্তরিত হবে।
Direct: I said to Kabita,
“Where do you live?”
Indirect: I asked Kabita
where she lived.
Direct: Anju said to me,
“Which book do you want?”
Indirect: Anju asked
me which book I wanted.
Direct: Biman said to
Rupa, “Why are you still waiting here?”
Indirect: Biman asked
Rupa why she was still waiting then.
Direct: She said to him,
“Who are you?”
Indirect: She asked
him who he was.
Direct: Arju said to
Sheela, “What did you want?”
Indirect: Arju asked
Sheela what she had wanted.
Direct: He said to me, “What
are you doing now?”
Indirect: He asked me
what I was doing then.
Direct: Milli said to
Koran, “What is your name?
Indirect: Mili asked
Kiran what his name was.
Direct: Bipasha said to
Biplob, “Where were you going?”
Indirect: Bipasha
asked Biplob where he had been going.
Direct: Suman said to
me, “How do you know this?”
Indirect: Suman asked
me how I knew that.
Direct: Ratan said to
Seema, “Who are you?”
Indirect: Ratan asked
Seema who she was.
Direct: Apu said to Bidisha,
“When did you come here?”
Indirect: Apu asked
Bidisha when she had gone there.
Direct: I said to
Rebika, “Whom did you want?”
Indirect: I asked
Rebika whom she had wanted.
Direct: Bilkis said to
Anirban , “Why will you leave me?”
Indirect: Bilkis asked
Anirban why he would leave her.