reported speech

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Indirect Speech (Indirekte Rede) in German In German, when you report what someone else said without quoting them directly, you use indi...

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What did the doctor say?

Was hat der Arzt gesagt?

He said I should rest more.

Er meinte, ich solle mich mehr ausruhen.

The neighbors claim they didn't hear the noise.

Die Nachbarn behaupten, sie hätten den Lärm nicht gehört.

That’s hard to believe at that volume.

Das ist bei der Lautstärke kaum zu glauben.

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