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Spanish-2 Unidad 6 Etapa 3

The Future Tense (Review)

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The Conditional Tense (Review)

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Reported Speech

In English, when you "report" or summarize what someone has said or is saying, you say "He says that..." or "She said that..."  In Spanish, to report what someone else says or has said, you use the verb decir followed by que.

When using the present tense, dice que..., the second verb tense is either the present or the future:

When using the preterite, dijo que..., you use a past tense or the conditional for the second verb:

But, when you want to stress that the reported action is still going on, the second verb should be in the present tense: