Atudab/Detailed

General

Sentence Types

Reported Speech

For using reported speech in Atudab, you have only to make a pause and insert the quoted sentence as it is, making required adaptations in pronoun, place and time indicators. Ex.:

[mĩ:be ŋxɔ̃:ncĩ:m, "ʔe:bo ʔe:lʔa:b".]	The man said, "I am tired."
[mĩ:be ŋxɔ̃:ncĩ:m, ju:lo (powij) ʔe:lʔa:b.]	The man said, he (was) tired. = The man said that he was tired.
[pojɛ:phob ŋxɔ̃:ncĩ:m luʔe:boʔət, "ʔe:ndɾɛ̃:dzo (wij) ʔodz".]	She told me, "I love you."
[pojɛ:phob ŋxɔ̃:ncĩ:m luʔe:boʔət, jɛ:pndɾɛ̃:dzo (wij) ʔe:bo.]	She told me, she loves me. = She told me that she loves me.
[ʔe:hob ŋxɔ̃:ncĩ:m, ʔe:bo cɔwwɔ: catɾux]	I said (that) I will be there.
[pocɔhob ŋxɔ̃:ncĩ:m, "pɾaŋɔ̃:jɔ lucɔwwɔ:ʔət catɾux".]	They said, "we will go there."
[ʔe:ŋɛ̃:mly:, cɔŋɔ̃:jɔ lutɾitɔʔət.]	I thought, they would come here.