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Wo wohnt er jetzt?<br />

Er fragte, wo er jetzt wohne.<br />

Warum ist sie wieder krank geworden?<br />

Er fragte, warum sie wieder krank<br />

geworden sei.<br />

Wie viel Geld brauchen sie?<br />

Er fragte, wie viel Geld sie brauchten.<br />

He asked where he was living now.<br />

He asked why she had gotten sick again.<br />

He asked how much money they needed.<br />

It is important to consider the tense of a verb in direct discourse. The past tense form of the<br />

subjunctive I conjugation in indirect discourse is not identical to the indicative past tense form.<br />

For example:<br />

or<br />

Present tense:<br />

„Er singt sehr gut.“<br />

Indirect discourse: Sabine sagte, dass er sehr Sabine said that he sings very well.<br />

gut singe.<br />

Past tense:<br />

„Er sang sehr gut.“<br />

Present perfect tense: „Er hat sehr gut gesungen.“<br />

Indirect discourse: Sabine sagte, dass er sehr Sabine said that he had sung<br />

gut gesungen habe. very well.<br />

Future tense:<br />

„Er wird sehr gut singen.“<br />

Indirect discourse: Sabine sagte, dass er sehr Sabine said that he would sing<br />

gut singen werde.<br />

very well.<br />

Direct discourse verbs in the past or perfect tenses are formed like present perfect conjugations<br />

when they are reported in indirect discourse:<br />

er sang er habe gesungen<br />

er hat gesungen er habe gesungen<br />

er reiste er sei gereist<br />

er ist gereist er sei gereist<br />

Übung<br />

17·1<br />

Fill in the blanks with the subjunctive I and subjunctive II third person singular (er)<br />

conjugation of the verbs and verb phrases provided.<br />

Example: tun tue täte<br />

1. helfen<br />

2. bleiben<br />

3. besuchen<br />

4. mitbringen<br />

5. sein gekommen<br />

6. werden sprechen<br />

7. müssen lachen<br />

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