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Change in Time & Adverb in Indirect Speech

اگرکسی  جملہ میں وقت دیا گیا ہو مثلاً  today,    tomorrow      یا     yesterday  ،     تو اُسے   indirect    speech     میں تبدیل کرنے کے لیے دیئے گئے وقت کے الفاظ کو تبدیل کیا جاتا ہے۔ اِسی طر ح اگر کسی جملہ میں   adverb    یا     adjective     یعنی   now,   this,   here     جیسے الفاظ استعمال ہوئے ہوں تو اِن کو بھی تبدیل کیا جاتا ہے۔  Indirect    speech     میں   time     اور    adjective  یا   adverbs     کو تبدیل کرنے مندرجہ ذیل   rules   ہیں۔

اِن الفاظ میں تبدیل ہوتےہیں
یہ الفاظ
the next day
Tomorrow.
the same day, or that day
Today
the previous day, or the day before
Yesterday
the same week / month / year, or that week/month/year
This week / month / year
the previous week / month / year
Last week / month / year
the following week / month / year
Next week / month / year
then
Now / Just
that
This
there
Here
thence
Hence
before
Ago.

Examples:

DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT SPEECH
He said, “I will go to Lahore tomorrow”.
He said that he would go to Lahore the next day.
She said, “I am feeling good today”.
She said that she was feeling good that day.
He said to me, “I will call you today”.
He said that he would call me the same day.
She said, “I had seen him yesterday”.
She said that she had seen him the previous day.
They said, “We will start a business this week”.
They said that they would start a business the same week.
He said, “I had passed the exam last year”.
He said that he had passed the exam the previous year.
He said, “I will start a job the next month”.
He said that he would start a job the following month.
She said, “I need your help now”.
She said that she needed my help then.
He said, “I live here”.
He said that he lived there.
They said, “the kid is playing here”.
They said that the kid was playing there.
She said, “I like this shirt.
She said that she liked that shirt.
He said, “I studied this book”.
He said that he had studied that book.