Die indirekte Rede (reported speech oder indirect speech) verwendest du, um

darüber zu berichten, was jemand sagt oder denkt. Dafür benötigst du ein
einleitendes Verb (z.B. say, think, state, tell sb, write, ask, answer…)

1 Steht das einleitende Verb im simple present , dann bleibt

die Zeit der wörtlichen Rede unverändert!
direct speech indirect speech
She says: “Ben likes the book.” She says (that) Ben likes the book.
They think (that) they don’t like
They think: “We don’t like beer.”
beer.
He answers: “This is my fault.” He answers (that) it is his fault.”

2 Steht das einleitende Verb im simple past, dann musst du die

Zeitformen nach einem bestimmten Schema ändern (backshift)!

tense (direct speech) tense (indirect speech)

Simple Present (look, looks) Simple Past (looked)
Simple Past (looked)
Present Perfect (has looked) Past Perfect (had looked)
Past Perfect (had looked)
Present Progressive (is going) Past Progressive (was going)
Past Progressive (was going)
Past Perfect Progressive
Present Perfect Progressive
(had been going)
(have…)
will, can would, could

3 Du musst bei 1 und 2 4 Du musst bei 1 und 2

die Pronomen anpassen! Orts-/ Zeitangaben anpassen!

direct speech indirect speech direct speech indirect speech

He says (that) here there
„I go to school.“ he goes to
school. in this town in that town

She says it‘s a week ago a week before

„This is mine.“
hers. today/tonight that day/night
They said (that) yesterday the day before
„We like
they liked
coffee.“ tomorrow the next day
©

coffee.
„You have to She said (that)
last year the year before
leave.“ I had to leave.

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 Let’s practise! Put into indirect speech.
(The reporting verb is in the simple present):
Put into indirect speech.
Sara says (that) she does her homework
Sara: “I do my homework every day.”
every day.
1. My mom (to me): “You have to tidy My mom tells me …
your room!”
2. Our neighbour: “I am going to walk the
dog.”
3. My parents: “We bought a new car.”

4. Mr. Scott: “You can visit me.”

5. Ben: “The house is green.”

6. The teacher: “We are learning English.”

7. You: “I like football.”

8. The queen: “I am the queen!”

9. Their parents: “We can’t get a horse.”

10. I: “You did a nice job!”

Let’s focus on the backshift! Connect the correct

tenses! Some tenses match with more than one tense!

DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

simple present
could
can

simple past simple past

past progressive
past perfect
past perfect
past progressive
present progressive

present perfect past perfect progressive

will
would
present perfect progressive
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 Let’s focus on tenses! Change the tenses in the
indirect speech.
1. Ella: „I went to Spain.” Ella said (that) she _____________ to Spain.
2. Ben: “I was reading a book, when my mom came home.” Ben said (that) he
______________ , when his mom _____________ home.
3. My maths teacher: “You can do your homework tomorrow.” My maths
teacher told us (that) we _____________ do our homework the next day.
4. Nick (to his mother): “I have done my homework.” Nick told his mother
(that) he _____________ his homework.
5. The police: “The burglar had stolen the jewelry, before he had an accident.
The police reported (that) the burglar _____________ the jewelry, before
he _____________ an accident.
6. Stella: “I am riding my bike.” Stella shouted (that) she _____________
her bike.
7. Charlie: “Maybe I will marry her.” Charlie thought (that) maybe he
___________ marry her.
8. Tom: “My dog barks in the morning.” Tom explained (that) his dog
_________ in the morning.
9. Mary: “I have been trying to call you!” Mary stated (that) she
____________ ____________ to call me.

Let’s focus on tenses! Change the tenses in the direct

speech.
1. He said that he was going to school. He: “I __________________ to
school.”
2. My neighbour told me that he liked my dog. My neighbour: “I ________
your dog.”
3. Obelix has a stomachache. Asterix explained Obelix that he had eaten too
much. Asterix: “You ___________________ too much.”
4. The children shouted that they were hungry. The children: “We
__________ hungry.”
5. Henry Danger argued that it wasn’t his fault. Henry Danger: “It
__________ my fault.”
6. The postman explained that he could come back later. The postman: “I
_______ come back later.”
7. She mentioned that she had been eating a muffin. She: “I ____________
___________ a muffin.”
8. Max said that his brother had bought a mobile phone the day before. Max:
“My brother _____________ a mobile phone yesterday.”
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 Let’s focus on pronouns! Change the pronouns in the
indirect speech.
1. Our neighbor (to us): “I like your flowers.” Our neighbour told us (that)
____ liked ____ flowers.
2. The director: “You are wasting my time!” The director argued (that) ____
was wasting ___ time!
3. Sue and Bob: “We like to ride our bikes.” Sue and Bob explain (that) ____
liked to ride ____ bikes.
4. The reporter: “I can give them more details if necessary.” The reporter
proclaimed (that) ____ could give ____ more details if necessary.
5. The trainer: “My football players have to improve their skills.” The trainer
said (that) ____ football players had to improve ____ skills.”
6. Our English teacher (to Tim): “You have to learn your words.” Our English
teacher told Tim (that) ____ had to learn ____ words.
7. The president: “We helped them.” The president said (that) ____ had
helped ____.
8. Max (to me): “My maths homework is better than yours.” Max told me (that)
____ maths homework was better than ____.”

Let’s focus on place and time! Change the adverbs in

the indirect speech.
1. Ben: “Yesterday I visited my uncle in this town.” Ben said that he had visited
his uncle _____________ __________.
2. Our grandfather: “We won’t go out tonight.” Our grandfather explained
that they wouldn’t go out _______.
3. Tim: “Our vacation last year was brilliant.” Tim told us that their vacation
had been brilliant _____________.
4. Mom: “It is so nice to have you all here.” Mom said that it was so nice to have
them all ________.
5. Mr. Miller: “I played football in this club last year.” Mr. Miller reported that he
had played football _____________ _____________.
6. The Browns: “We have never been in this country before.” The Browns
explained that they had never been _____________ before.
7. Sue: “I want to meet you today.” Sue said that she wanted to meet him
_________.
8. Lenny: “I forgot my homework a week ago.” Lenny answered that he had
forgotten his homework ____________.
9. Joe Biden: “I will sign this tomorrow.” Joe Biden promised that he would sign
_____ ______________.
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 Let’s practise all in one! Rewrite by using indirect speech.
(The reporting verb is in the simple past):

Sara said (that) she did her homework

Sara: “I do my homework every day.”
every day.
1. My mom (to me): “You have to tidy My mom told me (that) …
your room!”
2. Our neighbour: “I am going to walk
the dog tomorrow.”
3. My parents: “We bought a new car
yesterday.”
4. Mr. Scott: “You can visit me here.”
5. Ben: “The house on this street is
green.”
6. The teacher: “We are learning
English.”
7. You: “I like football.”
8. The queen: “I am the queen of
England!”
9. Their parents: “We can’t get a
burger today.”

Let’s practise all in one! Change into direct speech.

1. Linda thought that she had

finished her homework.

2. Mick said that his girlfriend

was beautiful.

3. Mr. Baker reported that he

was drinking a cup of coffee.

4. Sandy says that she had

baked some muffins the day
before.

5. John told Ben that he liked

books.

6. The teacher shouted that the

students would get bad marks.
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Wenn du in die indirekte Rede umwandeln
willst, gelten die gleichen Regeln, die du für Aussagen kennengelernt hast.
Darüber hinaus musst du noch einige Regeln beachten.

1 Wandelst du Fragen ohne Fragewort in indirekte Fragen

um, dann verwendest du „ob“ (= whether, if).

direct speech indirect speech

She asked if / whether I had a
Mia: “Do you have a bike?”
bike.
They asked if / whether Emma
They: “Does Emma live in Paris?”
lived in Paris.
He asked if / whether we were
Tim: “Are you here?”
there.

2 Wandelst du Fragen mit Fragewort in indirekte Fragen um,

dann verwendest du das Fragewort an der Stelle, wo im
Aussagesatz that steht.

direct speech indirect speech

Mia: “Where is Ben from?” She asked where Ben was from.
They: “When can we meet?” They asked when we could meet.
Tim: “Why are you here?” He asked why we were there.

3 Wandelst du Aufforderungen (commands) um, werden

zwar die Pronomen und Zeit- / Ortsangaben angepasst, ein
backshift der Zeiten ist jedoch nicht nötig. Verwende einfach
,,to“ + Grundform.

direct speech indirect speech

She begged me to stop that
She begs: “Stop this nuisance!”
nuisance.
They asked me to open the
They say: “Open the window.”
window.
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He: “Don’t call me.” He told me not to call him.

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 Let’s focus on questions without question words!
Change the questions into indirect speech.
Sara: “Have you done your Sara asked if/whether I had done my
homework?” homework.
1. Victor: “Will there be any food?”

2. Colleen: “Did you get my message?”

3. The cook: “Do you like my salad?”

4. The stranger: “Can you tell me the
way to the pedestrian zone?
5. Mom: “Did anyone call me while I
was gone?”
6. Jacky: “Are they really talking
during the lesson?”
7. The dog sitter: “Have you brought
the leash?”
8. Our neighbour: “Were you busy
yesterday?”

Let’s focus on questions with question words!

Change the questions into indirect speech.
Mathew (to me): “What did she say?” Mathew asked me what she had said.
1. Grandma: “Why do young children
always listen to loud music?”
2. Elly: “When will you be here?”
3. Donald: “Where can I find the
book?”
4. The teacher: “Who can tell me, when
Shakespeare was born?”
5. Tim (to his brother): “Why do you
always bother me?”
6. My father: “Who is that boy over
there?”
7. “Where is the library?” the new kid
wanted to know.
8. The reporter: “What were you
thinking when the police came?”
9. Glendon: “When will you visit me in
Canada?”
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 Let’s focus on questions with or without question
words! Change indirect questions into direct speech.
Mark wanted to know if I was cooking. Mark: “Are you cooking?”
1. My teacher asked what we had done
the day before.
2. The investigator asked me when I
had come home that day.
3. Emily wanted to know if Max would
help her with her art project.
4. Helen asked Helena why she always
smiled.
5. Jacob wanted to know whether Luke
could visit him on that day.
6. The twins asked their parents when
the school bus comes.
7. The ranger wanted to know if it
would rain the next day.
8. My father asked me why I was so
annoying.

Let’s focus on commands!

Change the commands into indirect speech.

The monster told me …

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Let’s practise! Read the dialogue first. Then write
about Charlotte and Ben’s chat.

Charlotte

Hi Ben, I can’t hear you. Please text

me! Where are you?

Ben

Hi Charlotte! Sorry! I’m wearing a

mask. I’m in town. What are you
doing?

I’ve just finished my homework.

Perfect! Do you want to meet? I can

pick you up.

I am invited to Emma’s party tonight.

You never have time for me ☹! I

wanted to invite you for dinner!

That’s so sweet. Why won’t we meet

tomorrow?

Tomorrow is fine! I am looking

forward to seeing you.

Perfect! I have to go now. Pick me

up tomorrow.
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 Ben is very excited about his date. He meets his
friend Nick and tells him everything about the
chat. (The reporting verb is in the simple past!)

After the chat with Charlotte, Ben tells his best friend Nick everything
about it. Start like this: At first Charlotte wrote that …

List of reporting verbs (Try to memorize them!)

English Deutsch English Deutsch
to say sagen to remind erinnern
to tell s.o. jmd. erzählen to offer anbieten
to report berichten to refuse ablehnen
to state aussagen to ask fragen
to suggest vorschlagen to want to know wissen wollen
to admit zugeben to beg s.o. jmd. anflehen
to agree zustimmen to warn s.o. jmd. warnen
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 Die indirekte Rede (reported speech oder indirect speech) verwendest du, um
darüber zu berichten, was jemand sagt oder denkt. Dafür benötigst du ein
einleitendes Verb (z.B. say, think, state, tell sb, write, ask, answer…)

1 Steht das einleitende Verb im simple present , dann bleibt

die Zeit der wörtlichen Rede unverändert!
direct speech indirect speech
She says: “Ben likes the book.” She says (that) Ben likes the book.
They think (that) they don’t like
They think: “We don’t like beer.”
beer.
He answers: “This is my fault.” He answers (that) it is his fault.”

2 Steht das einleitende Verb im simple past, dann musst du die

Zeitformen nach einem bestimmten Schema ändern (backshift)!

tense (direct speech) tense (indirect speech)

Simple Present (look, looks) Simple Past (looked)
Simple Past (looked)
Present Perfect (has looked) Past Perfect (had looked)
Past Perfect (had looked)
Present Progressive (is going) Past Progressive (was going)
Past Progressive (was going)
Past Perfect Progressive
Present Perfect Progressive
(had been going)
(have…)
will, can would, could

3 Du musst bei 1 und 2 4 Du musst bei 1 und 2

die Pronomen anpassen! Orts-/ Zeitangaben anpassen!

direct speech indirect speech direct speech indirect speech

He says (that) here there
„I go to school.“ he goes to
school. in this town in that town

She says it‘s a week ago a week before

„This is mine.“
hers. today/tonight that day/night
They said (that) yesterday the day before
„We like
they liked
coffee.“ tomorrow the next day
©

coffee.
„You have to She said (that)
last year the year before
leave.“ I had to leave.

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 Let’s practise! Put into indirect speech.
(The reporting verb is in the simple present):
Put into indirect speech.
Sara says (that) she does her homework
Sara: “I do my homework every day.”
every day.
1. My mom (to me): “You have to tidy My mom tells me …
your room!”
2. Our neighbour: “I am going to walk the
dog.”
3. My parents: “We bought a new car.”

4. Mr. Scott: “You can visit me.”

5. Ben: “The house is green.”

6. The teacher: “We are learning English.”

7. You: “I like football.”

8. The queen: “I am the queen!”

9. Their parents: “We can’t get a horse.”

10. I: “You did a nice job!”

Let’s focus on the backshift! Connect the correct

tenses! Some tenses match with more than one tense!

DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

simple present
could
can

simple past simple past

past progressive
past perfect
past perfect
past progressive
present progressive

present perfect past perfect progressive

will
would
present perfect progressive
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 Let’s focus on tenses! Change the tenses in the
indirect speech.
1. Ella: „I went to Spain.” Ella said (that) she _____________ to Spain.
2. Ben: “I was reading a book, when my mom came home.” Ben said (that) he
______________ , when his mom _____________ home.
3. My maths teacher: “You can do your homework tomorrow.” My maths
teacher told us (that) we _____________ do our homework the next day.
4. Nick (to his mother): “I have done my homework.” Nick told his mother
(that) he _____________ his homework.
5. The police: “The burglar had stolen the jewelry, before he had an accident.
The police reported (that) the burglar _____________ the jewelry, before
he _____________ an accident.
6. Stella: “I am riding my bike.” Stella shouted (that) she _____________
her bike.
7. Charlie: “Maybe I will marry her.” Charlie thought (that) maybe he
___________ marry her.
8. Tom: “My dog barks in the morning.” Tom explained (that) his dog
_________ in the morning.
9. Mary: “I have been trying to call you!” Mary stated (that) she
____________ ____________ to call me.

Let’s focus on tenses! Change the tenses in the direct

speech.
1. He said that he was going to school. He: “I __________________ to
school.”
2. My neighbour told me that he liked my dog. My neighbour: “I ________
your dog.”
3. Obelix has a stomachache. Asterix explained Obelix that he had eaten too
much. Asterix: “You ___________________ too much.”
4. The children shouted that they were hungry. The children: “We
__________ hungry.”
5. Henry Danger argued that it wasn’t his fault. Henry Danger: “It
__________ my fault.”
6. The postman explained that he could come back later. The postman: “I
_______ come back later.”
7. She mentioned that she had been eating a muffin. She: “I ____________
___________ a muffin.”
8. Max said that his brother had bought a mobile phone the day before. Max:
“My brother _____________ a mobile phone yesterday.”
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 Let’s focus on pronouns! Change the pronouns in the
indirect speech.
1. Our neighbor (to us): “I like your flowers.” Our neighbour told us (that)
____ liked ____ flowers.
2. The director: “You are wasting my time!” The director argued (that) ____
was wasting ___ time!
3. Sue and Bob: “We like to ride our bikes.” Sue and Bob explain (that) ____
liked to ride ____ bikes.
4. The reporter: “I can give them more details if necessary.” The reporter
proclaimed (that) ____ could give ____ more details if necessary.
5. The trainer: “My football players have to improve their skills.” The trainer
said (that) ____ football players had to improve ____ skills.”
6. Our English teacher (to Tim): “You have to learn your words.” Our English
teacher told Tim (that) ____ had to learn ____ words.
7. The president: “We helped them.” The president said (that) ____ had
helped ____.
8. Max (to me): “My maths homework is better than yours.” Max told me (that)
____ maths homework was better than ____.”

Let’s focus on place and time! Change the adverbs in

the indirect speech.
1. Ben: “Yesterday I visited my uncle in this town.” Ben said that he had visited
his uncle _____________ __________.
2. Our grandfather: “We won’t go out tonight.” Our grandfather explained
that they wouldn’t go out _______.
3. Tim: “Our vacation last year was brilliant.” Tim told us that their vacation
had been brilliant _____________.
4. Mom: “It is so nice to have you all here.” Mom said that it was so nice to have
them all ________.
5. Mr. Miller: “I played football in this club last year.” Mr. Miller reported that he
had played football _____________ _____________.
6. The Browns: “We have never been in this country before.” The Browns
explained that they had never been _____________ before.
7. Sue: “I want to meet you today.” Sue said that she wanted to meet him
_________.
8. Lenny: “I forgot my homework a week ago.” Lenny answered that he had
forgotten his homework ____________.
9. Joe Biden: “I will sign this tomorrow.” Joe Biden promised that he would sign
_____ ______________.
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 Let’s practise all in one! Rewrite by using indirect speech.
(The reporting verb is in the simple past):

Sara said (that) she did her homework

Sara: “I do my homework every day.”
every day.
1. My mom (to me): “You have to tidy My mom told me (that) …
your room!”
2. Our neighbour: “I am going to walk
the dog tomorrow.”
3. My parents: “We bought a new car
yesterday.”
4. Mr. Scott: “You can visit me here.”
5. Ben: “The house on this street is
green.”
6. The teacher: “We are learning
English.”
7. You: “I like football.”
8. The queen: “I am the queen of
England!”
9. Their parents: “We can’t get a
burger today.”

Let’s practise all in one! Change into direct speech.

1. Linda thought that she had

finished her homework.

2. Mick said that his girlfriend

was beautiful.

3. Mr. Baker reported that he

was drinking a cup of coffee.

4. Sandy says that she had

baked some muffins the day
before.

5. John told Ben that he liked

books.

6. The teacher shouted that the

students would get bad marks.
©

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Wenn du in die indirekte Rede umwandeln
willst, gelten die gleichen Regeln, die du für Aussagen kennengelernt hast.
Darüber hinaus musst du noch einige Regeln beachten.

1 Wandelst du Fragen ohne Fragewort in indirekte Fragen

um, dann verwendest du „ob“ (= whether, if).

direct speech indirect speech

She asked if / whether I had a
Mia: “Do you have a bike?”
bike.
They asked if / whether Emma
They: “Does Emma live in Paris?”
lived in Paris.
He asked if / whether we were
Tim: “Are you here?”
there.

2 Wandelst du Fragen mit Fragewort in indirekte Fragen um,

dann verwendest du das Fragewort an der Stelle, wo im
Aussagesatz that steht.

direct speech indirect speech

Mia: “Where is Ben from?” She asked where Ben was from.
They: “When can we meet?” They asked when we could meet.
Tim: “Why are you here?” He asked why we were there.

3 Wandelst du Aufforderungen (commands) um, werden

zwar die Pronomen und Zeit- / Ortsangaben angepasst, ein
backshift der Zeiten ist jedoch nicht nötig. Verwende einfach
,,to“ + Grundform.

direct speech indirect speech

She begged me to stop that
She begs: “Stop this nuisance!”
nuisance.
They asked me to open the
They say: “Open the window.”
window.
©

He: “Don’t call me.” He told me not to call him.

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 Let’s focus on questions without question words!
Change the questions into indirect speech.
Sara: “Have you done your Sara asked if/whether I had done my
homework?” homework.
1. Victor: “Will there be any food?”

2. Colleen: “Did you get my message?”

3. The cook: “Do you like my salad?”

4. The stranger: “Can you tell me the
way to the pedestrian zone?
5. Mom: “Did anyone call me while I
was gone?”
6. Jacky: “Are they really talking
during the lesson?”
7. The dog sitter: “Have you brought
the leash?”
8. Our neighbour: “Were you busy
yesterday?”

Let’s focus on questions with question words!

Change the questions into indirect speech.
Mathew (to me): “What did she say?” Mathew asked me what she had said.
1. Grandma: “Why do young children
always listen to loud music?”
2. Elly: “When will you be here?”
3. Donald: “Where can I find the
book?”
4. The teacher: “Who can tell me, when
Shakespeare was born?”
5. Tim (to his brother): “Why do you
always bother me?”
6. My father: “Who is that boy over
there?”
7. “Where is the library?” the new kid
wanted to know.
8. The reporter: “What were you
thinking when the police came?”
9. Glendon: “When will you visit me in
Canada?”
©

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 Let’s focus on questions with or without question
words! Change indirect questions into direct speech.
Mark wanted to know if I was cooking. Mark: “Are you cooking?”
1. My teacher asked what we had done
the day before.
2. The investigator asked me when I
had come home that day.
3. Emily wanted to know if Max would
help her with her art project.
4. Helen asked Helena why she always
smiled.
5. Jacob wanted to know whether Luke
could visit him on that day.
6. The twins asked their parents when
the school bus comes.
7. The ranger wanted to know if it
would rain the next day.
8. My father asked me why I was so
annoying.

Let’s focus on commands!

Change the commands into indirect speech.

The monster told me …

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Let’s practise! Read the dialogue first. Then write
about Charlotte and Ben’s chat.

Charlotte

Hi Ben, I can’t hear you. Please text

me! Where are you?

Ben

Hi Charlotte! ☺ Sorry! I’m wearing a

mask. I’m in town. What are you
doing?

I’ve just finished my homework.

Perfect! Do you want to meet? I can

pick you up.

I am invited to Emma’s party tonight.

You never have time for me ! I

wanted to invite you for dinner!

That’s so sweet. Why won’t we meet

tomorrow?

Tomorrow is fine! I am looking

forward to seeing you.

Perfect! I have to go now. Pick me

up tomorrow.
©

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 Ben is very excited about his date. He meets his
friend Nick and tells him everything about the
chat. (The reporting verb is in the simple past!)

After the chat with Charlotte, Ben tells his best friend Nick everything
about it. Start like this: At first Charlotte wrote that …

List of reporting verbs (Try to memorize them!)

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to say sagen to remind erinnern
to tell s.o. jmd. erzählen to offer anbieten
to report berichten to refuse ablehnen
to state aussagen to ask fragen
to suggest vorschlagen to want to know wissen wollen
to admit zugeben to beg s.o. jmd. anflehen
to agree zustimmen to warn s.o. jmd. warnen
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