reported speech

reported speech(
rih
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por
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dihd
 
spich
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el discurso indirecto
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Narrative prose tends to use reported speech.La prosa narrativa tiende a utilizar el discurso indirecto.
b. el estilo indirecto
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Quotation marks are dropped in reported speech.Las comillas se quitan en el estilo indirecto.
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