19.7.6 Exercise 6: Reported speech III

Put these phrases into reported speech with and without the conjunction dass.

Examples  
He said: "I go to Spain."  
He said that he went to Spain.  
Er sagte:"Ich gehe nach Spanien."
Er sagte, dass er nach Spanien gehe.  
Er sagte, er gehe nach Spanien.  

They said: "We will give him a bicycle."
They said that
they would give him a bicycle.
Sie sagten:"Wir schenken ihm ein Fahrrad.
She said: "I don't give him money."
She said that
she didn't give him money.
Sie sagte: "Ich gebe ihm kein Geld."
She said: "I have not given him money."
She said that
she had not given him money.
Sie sagte:"Ich habe ihm kein Geld gegeben."
You said: "We have not been invited."
You said that
you had not been invited.
Ihr sagtet:"Wir sind nicht eingeladen gewesen."
You said: "We are not paid yet."
You said that
we were not paid yet.
Ihr sagtet:"Man hat uns noch nicht bezahlt."

Example: questions
She asks: Why don't you leave me alone?" Sie fragt: "Warum lässt du mich nicht in Ruhe?
She asks why don't you leave her alone. Sie fragt, warum ich sie nicht in Ruhe lasse.  
He asks: "Do you like the music?" Er fragt: "Gefällt dir diese Musik?"
He asks whether I like the music. Er fragt, ob mir diese Musik gefalle.

He asks: "Do you have a coffee?"
He asked whether I had a coffee.
Er fragt: "Hast du einen Kaffee?"
The asked: "Have you stolen the car?"
They asked whether we had stolen the car.
Sie fragten: "Habt ihr das Auto gestohlen."
They ask: "Why did you do it?"
They ask why you did it.
Sie fragen: "Warum habt ihr das gemacht?"
He asked: "Why don't you drink your coffee?"
He asked why I didn't drink my coffee.
Er fragte: "Warum trinkst du deinen Kaffee nicht?"
They asked: "How many are there?"
They asked how many there were.
Sie fragten: "Wieviele sind es?"
We ask: "Which car do you want?"
We ask which car you want.
Wir fragten:"Welches Auto wollt ihr?"






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