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18.5.5 exercise 5: sequence of tenses with verbs which requires the indicativo

We have already said the reported speech is nothing special although all grammar books dedicate a separate chapter to the reported speech. Actually the reported speech is only a special case of the sequence of tenses. Someone tells / told what someone else tells or told. The crucial point is the fact that the anchor around which the actions / events are to be arranged is the moment where someone tells / told something and not the moment where someone reports what the other one tells / told.

Normally the introductory verb requires the subjunctive. In this exercise we have only sentences which require the indicative. Besides the verbs of the reported speech like to say, to tell, to report etc. some verbs like to know requires the indicative as well.

exercise 5
anteriority
Lui dice che lei non era venuta sia venuta è venuta .
He says that she has come.
simultanity
Lui dice che lei non venga viene .
He says that she comes.
posteriority
Lui dice che lei non viene sia venuto verrà .
He says that she will come.
anteriority
Lui disse che non è venuta veniva era venuta .
He said, that she had not come.
simultanity
Lui disse che non era venuta sia venuta veniva .
He said, that she didn' t come.
posteriority
Lui disse che non venga sia venuto verrebbe sarebbe venuta .
He said that she would come.
anteriority
Lui sa che l' abbiamo comprato avevamo comprato .
He knows, that we have bought it.
simultanity
Lui sa che lo avessimo comprato abbiamo comprato compriamo .
He knows, that we buy it.
posteriority
Lui sa che lo compriamo compreremo .
He knows that we will buy it.
anteriority
Lui sapeva che l' avessimo comprato avevamo comprato .
He knew that we bought it.
simultanity
Lui sapeva che lo compriamo compravamo .
He knew, that we had bought it.
posteriority
Lui sapeva che lo comprassimo compreremo avremmo comprato .
He knew, that we would buy it.

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