Direct and indirect Narration | Changing in Pronoun | Ajay Shukla

 Changing in Pronoun

Dear reader, While changing direct to speech, we face great difficulties in changing the pronoun. Always remember that :- 

• Only the pronoun of the first person and the second person and the words related to them change.
• Third-person pronouns will never change.
• Only change Pronouns that are inside the quotation mark.

Rule No. 1 :- 

The first person pronouns of reported speech (I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours) change according to person, number, and gender of the Subject of Reporting verb.

Example:-

1️⃣ Direct  : : Mahesh said, "I have not completed my essay."

        Indirect  : :  Mahesh said that he had not completed his essay.     

2️⃣ Direct  :  They said to me, "We were waiting for Rama ."
       Indirect  :  They told me that they had been waiting for Rama.

Rule No. 2:-

The Second person pronouns of reported speech (you, your, yours) change according to person, number, and gender of the Object of Reporting verb.

Example:-

1️⃣ Direct  : : The principal said to me, "You have not called your father."

        Indirect  : :  The principal told me that I had not called my brother.     

2️⃣ Direct  :  The manager said to me, "You may go home as your work is done."
       Indirect  :  The manager told me that I might go home as my work was done.

Rule No.3:-

There is no change in the third person pronouns of the Reported Speech(He, she, it, they, his, him, her, hers, its, them, their, theirs).

Example:-

1️⃣ Direct  : : The teacher said, "He will pass in English."

        Indirect  : :  The teacher said that he would pass in English.     

2️⃣ Direct  :  Thomas said to Rehan, "It is a surprise to meet you."
       Indirect  :  Thomas told Rehan that It was a surprise to meet him.

  Table

Following table may be very useful to understand the changing of Pronouns :-

Person	Subject (nominative case)	Object (Objective case)	Pocessesive pronouns and Adjectives
I Person	I (Singular) We (Plural)	me us	my, mine our, ours
II Person	You (Singular) You (Plural)	you	your, yours
III Person	He (Singular) She (Singular) It (Singular) They (Plural)	him her it Them	his her, hers its their, theirs

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