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Direct and Indirect Speech in Hindi with Examples

Direct speech क्या है ?

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1 Direct speech क्या है ?

1.1 Indirect Speech क्या हैं ?

1.2 Direct to Indirect Speech Examples

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हम सब जानते हैं किसी व्यक्ति द्वारा कही गई बात को बताने के दो तरीके होते हैं ।पहला तरीका तो यह होता है कि हम उसकी कही हुई बात को ज्यों का त्यों बोल दे इसे ही Direct speech कहते हैं।

उसने मुझसे कहा कि मैं बहुत सुंदर हूं

She told me ,”l am very beautiful”

यह Direct speech क्योंकि जिस ढंग में बात की गई थी उसी ढंग से बात बताई गई ।

Note :- Direct speech को लिखते समय inverted commas (“………”)का इस्तेमाल करेंगे ।

Indirect Speech क्या हैं ?

जब वक्ता द्वारा कही हुई बात को हम अपने तरीके से ही बताते हैं उसे Indirect Speech कहते हैं ।

She told me that she was very beautiful.

Note:Indirect Speech में inverted commas का प्रयोग नहीं किया जाता है ।

Note: ज्यों का त्यों inverted commas में जब आप बात को बताते हैं तब Direct Speech का सहारा लेते है जबकि ज्यों का त्यों न बोलकर अपने शब्दों में बोला जाए तब Indirect Speech का सहारा लिया जाता है ।

Direct and Indirect Speech के Rules, Examples Hindi को इतनी आसान तरीके से आप समझेंगे कि कहीं भी आपको कोई डाउट नहीं रहने वाला ।

उम्मीद है कि अंत तक पढ़कर आप सभी Rules और Examples को समझने के बाद खुद से प्रयास भी करेंगे ।

Direct Speech से Indirect Speech में बदलने के नियम

💕💕Rule 1 – Reporting verb में ‘Present (says) या Future (will say) में है, ’ में हो तो indirect बनाते समय Tense नहीं बदलेगा।

📌 Example (उदाहरण)

✅ Reporting Verb Present या Future में हो:

🔹 Direct: He says, “I am happy.”

🔹 Indirect: He says that he is happy. (Tense नहीं बदला)

🔹 Direct:She says, “I am studying for my exams.”

🔹 Indirect: She says that she is studying for her exams.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह अपनी परीक्षाओं की तैयारी कर रही है।)

🔹Direct: The manager will say, “You are doing great work.”

🔹Indirect: The manager will say that I am doing great work.

💡 (मैनेजर कहेगा कि मैं बहुत अच्छा काम कर रहा हूँ।)

🔹 Direct: He says, “I will join the meeting tomorrow.”

🔹 Indirect: He says that he will join the meeting tomorrow.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह कल मीटिंग में शामिल होगा।)

🔹 Direct: She will say, “I like ice cream.”

🔹 Indirect: She will say that she likes ice cream. (Tense नहीं बदला)

🔹Direct: My brother will say, “I love playing football.”

🔹Indirect: My brother will say that he loves playing football.

💡 (मेरा भाई कहेगा कि उसे फुटबॉल खेलना पसंद है।)

🔹Direct: My friend will say, “I can help you.”

🔹Indirect: My friend will say that he can help me.

🔹Direct: The teacher will say, “Hard work brings success.”

🔹Indirect: The teacher will say that hard work brings success.

💡 (शिक्षक कहेंगे कि कड़ी मेहनत सफलता लाती है।)

💕💕Rule : 2 -‘Reporting Verb Past Tense (said, told, etc.) में है, तो indirect बनाते समय changes किए जाएंगे ।

जैसे किः-

Present Indefinite Tense – Past Indefinite Tense
Present Continuous Tense – Past Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense – Past Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Indefinite Tense – Past Perfect Tense
Past Continuous Tense – Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense – Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense – Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Examples

🔹 Direct: He said, “I play football.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he played football.

Note : (Reporting speech “Present Indefinite इसे Past Indefinite में बदल दिया ) ऐसे ही ऊपर दिए गए rules के हिसाब से tense को change किया जाएगा।

💡 (वह बोला कि वह फुटबॉल खेलता था।)

🔹 Direct: She said, “I am reading a book.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she was reading a book.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह एक किताब पढ़ रही थी।)

🔹 Direct: They said, “We have finished our work.”

🔹 Indirect: They said that they had finished their work.

💡 (उन्होंने कहा कि उन्होंने अपना काम पूरा कर लिया था।)

🔹 Direct: He said, “I have been working here for two years.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he had been working there for two years.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह दो साल से वहाँ काम कर रहा था।)

🔹 Direct: She said, “I bought a new dress.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she had bought a new dress.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसने एक नया ड्रेस खरीदा था।)

🔹 Direct: He said, “I was watching TV.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he had been watching TV.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह टीवी देख रहा था।)

🔹 Direct: They said, “We had completed our project.”

🔹 Indirect: They said that they had completed their project.

याद रखे Past Perfect का वाक्य Reporting Speech में हो तो tense में कोई बदलाव नही किया जाएगा।

💡 (उन्होंने कहा कि उन्होंने अपना प्रोजेक्ट पूरा कर लिया था।)

🔹 Direct: She said, “I had been living in Delhi for five years.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she had been living in Delhi for five years.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह पाँच साल से दिल्ली में रह रही थी।)

याद रखे Past Perfect continuous का वाक्य Reporting Speech में हो तो tense में कोई बदलाव नही किया जाएगा।

💕💕Rule -3

Reporting Verb Past Tense (said, told, etc.) में हो और Reported Speech Future Tense में हो, तो “will” का “would” में और “shall” का “should” में बदलना होगा।

✔ Will → Would

✔ Shall → Should (अगर Suggestion हो तो), वरना Would

✔ Will have → Would have

✔ Shall have → Should have

🔹 Examples (उदाहरण)

✅ 1. “Will” → “Would”

🔹 Direct: He said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he would go to Delhi the next day.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह अगले दिन दिल्ली जाएगा।)

✅ 2. “Shall” → “Should” (Advice या Suggestion)

🔹 Direct: She said, “I shall help my mother.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she should help her mother.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसे अपनी माँ की मदद करनी चाहिए।)

✅ 3. “Shall” → “Would” (Future Meaning में)

🔹 Direct: He said, “I shall be happy.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he would be happy.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह खुश होगा।)

✅ 4. “Will have” → “Would have”

🔹 Direct: She said, “I will have completed my work by evening.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she would have completed her work by evening.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह शाम तक अपना काम पूरा कर चुकी होगी।)

✅ 5. “Shall have” → “Should have”

🔹 Direct: He said, “I shall have reached by 5 PM.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he should have reached by 5 PM.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसे 5 बजे तक पहुँच जाना चाहिए था।)

💕💕Rule – 4

Reporting Verb Past Tense (said, told, etc.) में हो और Reported Speech में कोई Auxiliary Verb (Can, May, Is, Am, Are, Do, Does, Have, Has, Was, Were, Has to, Have to, etc.) हो।

इस स्थिति में कुछ सहायक क्रियाओं (Auxiliary Verbs) का बदलाव करना पड़ता है।

✔ May → Might

✔ Is → Was

✔ Am → Was

✔ Are → Were

✔ Do → Did

✔ Does → Did

✔ Have → Had

✔ Has → Had

✔ Was → Had been

✔ Were → Had been

✔ Has to / Have to → Had to

🔹 Examples (उदाहरण)

✅ 1. “Can” → “Could”

🔹 Direct: She said, “I can solve this problem.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she could solve that problem.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह यह समस्या हल कर सकती थी।)

✅ 2. “May” → “Might”

🔹 Direct: He said, “I may go to Mumbai next week.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he might go to Mumbai the following week.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह अगले हफ्ते मुंबई जा सकता है।)

✅ 3. “Is” → “Was”

🔹 Direct: She said, “He is very intelligent.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that he was very intelligent.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह बहुत बुद्धिमान था।)

✅ 4. “Am” → “Was”

🔹 Direct: He said, “I am tired.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he was tired.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह थका हुआ था।)

✅ 5. “Are” → “Were”

🔹 Direct: They said, “We are playing football.”

🔹 Indirect: They said that they were playing football.

💡 (उन्होंने कहा कि वे फुटबॉल खेल रहे थे।)

✅ 6. “Do” / “Does” → “Did”

🔹 Direct: She said, “I do my homework daily.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she did her homework daily.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह अपना होमवर्क रोज़ करती थी।)

🔹 Direct: He said, “She does not like tea.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that she did not like tea.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसे चाय पसंद नहीं थी।)

✅ 7. “Have” / “Has” → “Had”

🔹 Direct: He said, “I have a new bike.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he had a new bike.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसके पास एक नई बाइक थी।)

🔹 Direct: She said, “He has a lot of money.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that he had a lot of money.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसके पास बहुत सारा पैसा था।)

✅ 8. “Was” / “Were” → “Had been”

🔹 Direct: She said, “I was feeling sad.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she had been feeling sad.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह दुखी महसूस कर रही थी।)

🔹 Direct: They said, “We were watching a movie.”

🔹 Indirect: They said that they had been watching a movie.

💡 (उन्होंने कहा कि वे एक फिल्म देख रहे थे।)

✅ 9. “Has to” / “Have to” → “Had to”

🔹 Direct: He said, “I have to finish this work today.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he had to finish that work that day.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसे वह काम आज खत्म करना था।)

🔹 Direct: She said, “He has to wake up early.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that he had to wake up early.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसे जल्दी उठना था।)

💕💕Rule

Reporting Verb Past Tense (said, told, etc.) में हो और Reported Speech में “Could, Should, Would, Might” + Verb हो, तो Reported Speech में कोई बदलाव नहीं होगा।

💡 सिर्फ समय, स्थान, और कुछ शब्दों (this → that, here → there, today → that day) में बदलाव होगा, लेकिन Tense नहीं बदलेगा।

Examples (उदाहरण) with Hindi Meaning

✅ “Could” (सक्षम होने की संभावना / अनुमति)

🔹 Direct: He said, “I could swim when I was a child.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he could swim when he was a child.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह बचपन में तैर सकता था।)

✅ “Would” (Past में इच्छा / आदत / संभावना)

🔹 Direct: He said, “I would go to my village every summer.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he would go to his village every summer.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह हर गर्मियों में अपने गाँव जाता था।)

✅ “Might” (संभावना / अनिश्चितता)

🔹 Direct: She said, “It might rain today.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that it might rain that day.

💡 (उसने कहा कि आज बारिश हो सकती है।)

✅ “Should” (कर्तव्य / सुझाव)

🔹 Direct: She said, “We should help the needy.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that we should help the needy.

💡 (उसने कहा कि हमें जरूरतमंदों की मदद करनी चाहिए।)

💕💕 Rule – 5

Reported Speech में Universal Truth (सार्वभौमिक सत्य), Habit (आदत), Historical Truth (ऐतिहासिक सत्य), या Proverb (कहावत) हो, तो Indirect Speech में कोई बदलाव नहीं किया जाता।

✔ Tense वही रहता है, सिर्फ समय, स्थान, और कुछ शब्दों में बदलाव होता है।

🔹 Examples (उदाहरण) with Hindi Meaning

Direct to Indirect Speech Examples

✅🔹 Direct: The teacher said, “The sun rises in the east.”

🔹 Indirect: The teacher said that the sun rises in the east.

💡 (शिक्षक ने कहा कि सूरज पूर्व से उगता है।)

✅ 🔹 Direct: He said, “A stitch in time saves nine.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that a stitch in time saves nine.

💡 (उसने कहा कि समय पर किया गया छोटा सुधार बड़ी समस्या से बचाता है।)

✅🔹 Direct: He said, “I drink coffee every evening.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he drinks coffee every evening.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह हर शाम कॉफी पीता है।)

✅🔹 Direct: He said, “Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

💡 (उसने कहा कि पानी 100 डिग्री सेल्सियस पर उबलता है।)

✅🔹 Direct: She said, “I never miss my morning workout.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she never misses her morning workout.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह कभी भी अपनी सुबह की कसरत नहीं छोड़ती।)

✅ 🔹 Direct: The teacher said, “Time and tide wait for none.”

🔹 Indirect: The teacher said that time and tide wait for none.

(शिक्षक ने कहा कि समय और ज्वार किसी का इंतजार नहीं करते।

✅🔹 Direct: The teacher said, “India got independence in 1947.”

🔹 Indirect: The teacher said that India got independence in 1947.

💡 (शिक्षक ने कहा कि भारत को 1947 में स्वतंत्रता मिली थी।)

✅ 🔹 Direct: The teacher said, “The Wright brothers invented the airplane.”

🔹 Indirect: The teacher said that the Wright brothers invented the airplane.

💡 (शिक्षक ने कहा कि राइट बंधुओं ने हवाई जहाज का आविष्कार किया था।)

✅🔹Direct: The scientist said, “Gravity pulls everything towards the earth.”

🔹 Indirect: The scientist said that gravity pulls everything towards the earth.

💡 (वैज्ञानिक ने कहा कि गुरुत्वाकर्षण हर चीज़ को पृथ्वी की ओर खींचता है।)

✅ 🔹 Direct: He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that honesty is the best policy.

💡 (उसने कहा कि ईमानदारी सबसे अच्छी नीति है।)

✅ 🔹 Direct: She said, “I wake up early every morning.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she wakes up early every morning.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह हर सुबह जल्दी उठती है।)

✅ 🔹 Direct: The elder said, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

🔹 Indirect: The elder said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

💡 (बुजुर्ग ने कहा कि रोज़ एक सेब खाने से डॉक्टर से दूर रहा जा सकता है।)

🔹 Direct: The teacher said, “India got independence in 1947.”

🔹 Indirect: The teacher said that India got independence in 1947.

💡 (शिक्षक ने कहा कि भारत को 1947 में स्वतंत्रता मिली थी।

✅ 🔹 Direct: He said, “A stitch in time saves nine.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that a stitch in time saves nine.

💡 (उसने कहा कि समय पर किया गया छोटा सुधार बड़ी समस्या से बचाता है।

💞💞Rule – 6

✔ यदि Reported Speech में “Simple Past Tense या Past Continuous Tense “के दो घटनाओं (Two Actions in the Past) का उल्लेख किया गया हो, तो Indirect Speech बनाते समय Tense में कोई बदलाव नहीं किया जाता।

✔ सिर्फ Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Time (समय), और Place (स्थान) में बदलाव हो सकता है।

🔹 Examples (उदाहरण) with Hindi Meaning

🔹 Direct: He said, “I finished my homework and then watched TV.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he finished his homework and then watched TV.

💡 (उसने कहा कि उसने अपना होमवर्क पूरा किया और फिर टीवी देखा।)

🔹 Direct: He said, “I was reading a book while my sister was watching TV.”

🔹 Indirect: He said that he was reading a book while his sister was watching TV.

💡 (उसने कहा कि जब उसकी बहन टीवी देख रही थी, तब वह एक किताब पढ़ रहा था।)

🔹 Direct: She said, “I met my friend and we went for a walk.”

🔹 Indirect: She said that she met her friend and they went for a walk.

💡 (उसने कहा कि वह अपने दोस्त से मिली और वे टहलने गए।)

🔹 Direct: They said, “We visited the museum and had lunch at a restaurant.”