English reports speech with a conjunction and a finite clause behind it, as in “she said that she was coming”. Turkish keeps that option for two constructions and uses a different one everywhere else. The reported sentence stops being a sentence: it turns into a noun, picks up a possessive suffix, and then takes a case ending chosen by the reporting verb. Reported speech in Turkish runs on that one move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, you will learn which suffix replaces which original tense, what happens to the subject, and which case each reporting verb puts on the clause. You will also learn how to report a question and an order. Haydi ba\u015flayal\u0131m!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n