Reported speech

Good news: no backshift of tenses. After da you keep the tense of the original sentence; only the persons change.

direct speech	reported speech	translation
“Umoran sam.”	Rekao je da je umoran.	He said he was tired.
“Doći ću.”	Rekla je da će doći.	She said she would come.
“Bio sam bolestan.”	Rekao je da je bio bolestan.	He said he had been ill.
“Dolaziš li?”	Pitao me da li dolazim / dolazim li.	He asked me if I was coming.
“Gdje živiš?”	Pitala je gdje živim.	She asked where I lived.
“Dođi!”	Rekao mi je da dođem.	He told me to come.

To pass on an order to someone else: neka or da + present: Reci mu neka dođe / da dođe. — Tell him to come.

In the press: navodno (allegedly), kako kaže (according to). In speech: Kaže da nema vremena. — He says he has no time.

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