Indirect statements

Indirect statements An indirect statement is one in which the speaker is reporting something that was said by another individual. (This form of speech, called indirect speech, is also referred to as reported speech.)

The basic ending for indirect statements, -다고 하다, changes depending on the tense of the statement that is being reported. It also changes depending on whether a descriptive or an action verb was used in the statement that is being reported.

	a.	Present
		D.V. + 다고 하다
		A.V. + ㄴ/는다고 하다
		N. + (이)라고 하다

	b.	Past
		V. + 었/았다고 하다
		N. + (이)었다고 하다

	c.	Future
		V. + ㄹ/을 거라고 하다
		N. + 일 거라고 하다

(a)

• 그 아이는 키가 크다고 해요.
  => They say that the child is tall.
  
• 그 분이 한국에 간다고 한다.
  => They say that he is going to Korea.
  
• 그래서 요즘 한국 책을 많이 읽는다고 한다.
  => They say that, therefore, he is reading many Korean books these days.
  
• 올해는 빨간 색이 유행이라고 해.
  => It is said that red is in fashion this year.
  
• 꽃무늬 스카프도 인기라고 해.
  => It is said that floral scarves are popular.

(b)

• 론은 네 살 때 키가 작았다고 해요.
  => They say that Ron was short when he was four years old.
  
• 그 분이 한국에 가셨다고 한다.
  => They say that he went to Korea.
  
• 한국 역사 책을 많이 읽었다고 한다.
  => They say that he read many Korean history books.
  
• 작년에도 빨간 색이 유행이었다고 해.
  => They say that red was also in fashion last year.
  
• 꽃무늬 스카프도 인기였다고 해.
  => They say that floral scarves were popular, too.

(c)

• 지나는 장래에 키가 클 거라고 해요.
  => They say that Ji-na will be tall in the future.
  
• 그 분이 한국에 가실 거라고 한다.
  => They say that he will go to Korea.
  
• 그 분이 책을 많이 읽으실 거라고 한다.
  => They say that he will read many books.
  
• 내년에는 노란 색이 유행일거라고 해.
  => They say that yellow scarves will be in fashion next year.