Reported Speech: sị and kwuru

Level 4

who + sị or kwuru + na + clause.

How It Works

The words sị and kwuo “say” report speech.

Say	Meaning
Ada sịrị na ọ ga-abịa.	Ada said that she will come.
O kwuru na ọ dị mma.	He or she said it is fine.
Ha sịrị na ha ga-abịa echi.	They said that they will come tomorrow.

The speech follows na and keeps its own tense. The past of sị is sịrị and of kwuo is kwuru. This sị is not the si “from” of an earlier lesson.

Ada sịrị na ọ ga-abịa.
Ada said that she will come.
Sịrị na introduces the speech.
O kwuru na ọ dị mma.
He or she said it is fine.
Kwuru is said.
Ha sịrị na ha ga-abịa echi.
They said that they will come tomorrow.
The speech has ga-.
Obi kwuru na ọ dị oyi.
Obi said that it is cold.
A name as speaker.

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Reported Speech: sị and kwuruLevel 4

Na follows sị, so na that comes first.

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