Direct, reported speech : Hoy … hoe:// hono…
A- To express the reported speech, the malagasy people put “ hoy”…+ the name of the speaker/identity + “hoe” ….
Example= hoy ny olona hoe……., hoy I Rasoa hoe …….
B- Another option is to use …hono.. it is said…..for an unknown speaker.
Example: Manambady hono izy. It is said that he is married.
A- To report a Question:
- Iza no rainjaza ?
We can use : the verb “to ask” nanontany,
= Nanontany izy hoe iza no rainjaza= hoy izy hoe iza no rainjaza.
B- To report: A statement
we can use : and “to tell” for a statement : nilaza ….
Marary aho= nilaza izy hoe marary = nilaza fa marary izy , hoy izy hoe marary izy
Remarks:
“ Hoe” is optional.
The tense changes from the present to past mostly m=> n
The change of pronouns depends on the speaker aho=> izy, so on...
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