Narration

It depends on the narrator's viewpoint: whether, to them, the place is "here" or "there".

AnonymousDirect Narration: She will say, "I live here."

Two people are standing in front of Fatima's house, Hussein and Saida.
Hussein: Fatima will say, "I live here."
Saida: I agree. Fatima will say that she lives here.

Hussein and Saida walk to the end of the street. They are some distance from Fatima's house. Saida points to Fatima's ho

Thank you GPY, but the problem still persists. While transforming from direct to indirect narration, if the reporting speech has a past tense, we necessarily change the words of the reported speech showing nearness into those showing distance (with a few exceptions). e.g. now changes into then, here into there, ago into before, today into that da

Thanks a lot for your detailed answer

AnonymousThank you GPY, but the problem still persists. While transforming from direct to indirect narration, if the reporting speech has a past tense, we necessarily change the words of the reported speech showing nearness into those showing distance (with a few exceptions). e.g. now changes into then, here into there, ago into before, today into that day etc.

Anonymous if the reporting speech has a past tense, we necessarily change the words of the reported speech showing nearness into those showing distance (with a few exceptions). e.g. now changes into then, here into there, ago into before, today into that day etc.

Where did you get that information? Change in these words depends strictly on the p