"separarse" en Estilo directo y Estilo indirecto

Question

Hola . Tengo una pregunta sobre "separarse" en Estilo directo y Estilo indirecto.

Luis habla con ella:"Nos separamos mi esposa y yo."

-> Luis le ha dicho que se separan su esposa y él. ¿Correcto? (ha dicho= dice?)

Sé que " Luis le ha dicho que se separaron / se habían separado su esposa y él" es ok.(ha dico= dijo)

¡Gracias!

See my comment below. I will check later to see if we need further conversation on this. - Jubilado, May 1, 2013

Answer 1

In English one would say: "We are separated" or "They have separated from each other. Many times when you have the idea of each other in English, it is rendered in Spanish by using the reflexive form "se".

I would translate you sentences in order thusly:

Luis talks with her: "My wife and I are separated."

Luis has told her that he and his wife are separated.

I know that Luis has told her that he and his wife separated from each other / have seperated from each other.

ha dicho does not mean dijo. Ha dicho means he/she has told (said), and dijo means he/she told (said) - simple past (pretérito)

Hi there. I'm not too sure if being separated is regarded as a state or an action here. Or it has no effect on the conjugated verbs in the indirect speech statement, no matter what it is? Cheers. - Orakei, May 1, 2013

You can use the progressive in Spanish "se están separando" too. If it's the state you would say "estamos separados". - Jubilado, May 1, 2013

Answer 2

I think this is correct, in the present tense.

They are separating, they are going to separate, now, or shortly..

Is that what you want to know? Or idis ti anothe question, because, ' le ha dicho' incicates that he is talking to somebody else.. Could you clarify what the question is?

Hi there. Is it correct to say "Luis dice que se separan su esposa y él"? Cheers. - Orakei, May 1, 2013