-´’çí∫-∞¡-¢√®Ωç 1 -Çí∫Ææ’d 2006
Ranjan: Oh... Is it you, Kundan? What a pleas-
ure it is to see you! It's nearly a year
since we met.
(àß˝’, †’¢√y èπ◊çü¿Ø˛. áçûª ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬
ÖçüÓ E†’o îª÷-úø-ö«-EéÀ! Ææç´-ûªq-®Ω-¢Á’içC
´’†ç éπ©’q-éÌE)
Kundan: How pleased I am to be with you
again!
(´’Sx FûÓ Öçúø-ö«-EéÀ áçûª ÆæçûÓ-≠æçí¬
ÖçüÓ-)
Ranjan: What a smart fellow you've grown into
in just a year! (äéπ\ Ææç´-ûªq-®Ωç™ØË áçûª
Çéπ-®Ω{-ùÃ-ߪ’çí¬ ´÷®√´¤!) (smart = ´’ç* -
ü¿’Ææ’h-©ûÓ Çéπ-®Ω{-ùÃ-ߪ’çí¬ ûªßª÷-®Ω-´ôç)
-Ççí∫x-¶µ«-≠æ-ù 192
Kundan: My job requires that I appear smart.
What a bore it is to turn out in these
clothes everyday! You don't know.
I have to get back again in a week.
(v°æA ®ÓV Ñ -ü¿’Ææ’h™x ûªßª÷-®Ω-´yôç
áçûª NÆæ’íÓ Féπ®Ωnç é¬ü¿’. ´’Sx ¢√®√-E-éÀ ¢ÁRx-
§Ú-¢√L.)
Ranjan: Here's something for a change, don't
worry.
(-É°æ¤p-úø’ é¬Ææh ´÷®Ω’p -éπ-L-T-ç-îË-C -Öç-C-™‰.
¶«üµ¿-°æ-úøèπ◊)
Kundan: What is it?
Ranjan: You are here just when I am about to
have a mango. Happy. Let me treat
you to some wonderful mangoes.
They are from our own groves! fresh,
fleshy and juicy.
(´’ç* time éÌî√a´¤, ؈’ ´÷N’úÕ °æçúø’
A†-¶-ûª’-†o-°æ¤púø’. ´’ç* ´÷N’úÕ °æ∞¡xûÓ Fèπ◊
Nçü¿’ îËߪ’F. ÅN ´÷ ûÓô-™¢Ë. û√ñ«-N,
éπçúø, ®ΩÆæç Ö†oN. treat = ´÷´‚©’ Å®Ωnç,
(´’†ç Éûª-®Ω’© °æôx ÖçúË -B®Ω’) doctor,
patient èπ◊ ¢Ájü¿uç îËߪ’ôç. Ééπ\úÕ Å®Ωnç–
1 verbs éÓÆæç report îËߪ’çúÕ.
EXCLAMATION
1. How cold the day is! The day is very cold
(áçûª îªLí¬ ÖçüÓ Ñ ®ÓV) (Ñ¢Ë∞¡ î√™« îªLí¬ ÖçC)
2. What a beautiful Car it is! The car is very beautiful
(Ç car áçûª Åçü¿çí¬ ÖçüÓ!) (Ç Car î√™« Åçü¿çí¬ ÖçC)
3. How well she sings! She sings very well.
(áçûª ¶«í¬ §ƒúø’hçüÓ!) (Å¢Á’ î√™« ¶«í¬ §ƒúø’-ûª’çC)
4. What a building it is! It is a very good/beautiful/big building.
(áçûª ´’ç*/Åçü¿-¢Á’i†/°ü¿l éπôd-úø¢Á÷!)
(ÅC î√™« ´’ç*/Åçü¿-¢Á’i†/°ü¿l éπôdúøç)
Direct Speech Report
2 Reporting Verb-Present
The Tourist: How The tourist exclaims
beautiful the that the scenery is
scenery is ! very beautiful.
DIRECT SPEECH
3 Reporting verb Present tense
Ranjan: What a pleas- Ranjan exclaims (to Kundan/on
ure it is to see you! seeing Kundan) that It is a great
pleasure to see him..
í∫´’-Eç-î√®Ω’ éπ-ü∆. What a pleasure it is to see you! ÅØË exclamation†’ ¢Á·ü¿ô statement form™éÀ
´÷®√aç: It is a great pleasure to see him. ü∆Eo report î˨»ç. exclaims/exclaimed ÅØË reporting verb-ûÓ
Kundan: How pleased Kundan exclaims that he is
I am to be with you very pleased to be with Ranjan
again! again.
Ranjan: What a smart Ranjan exclaims that Kundan has
fellow you've grown into! grown into a very smart fellow.
Kundan: What a bore it Kundan exclaims that it is a big
is to turn out in these bore to turn out in these/those
clothes every day.
clothes every day!
Ñ-Ø√-úø’ £j«-ü¿®√-¶«-ü˛ 2
-Nç-ü¿’ îËߪ’ôç, Ö™«xÆæç éπL_ç-îªôç).
(grove - ûÓô – äÍé ®Ωéπç îÁô’x-†oC)
Kundan: Yes, I smell them. How tempting their
very smell is!
(Å´¤†’. Ø√èπ◊ ¢√Ææ† ´≤ÚhçC. áçûª Çéπ-®Ω{-
ùí¬ ÖçüÓ ¢√öÀ ¢√Ææ†! tempting =
Çéπ-J{çîË.)
Ranjan: Here you are. Have it.
wh word + noun + Sub + verb
(ÉCíÓ, BÆæ’éÓ). É°æ¤púø’ Ñ statement †’ report îËߪ÷L. ('that'
Kundan: Haa.... how delicious it is! At my
(í¬çDµ áçûª íÌ°æp Ø√ߪ’-èπ◊úÓ!) •ü¿’©’, exclaimed ûÓ v§ƒ®Ωç-Gµç-î√-L)
place of work, we don't get such fruit. 2. How sweet the song is!
'wh' word + adjective + Sub + Verb
(-õ‰-•’-™¸ 2 îª÷úøçúÕ.)
How sweet! É°æ¤púø’ ´’†ç conversation at the beginning of
the lesson™E exclamations report îËü∆lç:
(-Å-•s... áçûª ®Ω’*í¬ ÖçüÓ! ؈’ °æE-îËÊÆ (Ç §ƒô áçûª ´’üµ¿’-®Ωçí¬ ÖçüÓ!)
îÓô É™«çöÀ °æ∞¡Ÿx üÌ®Ω-éπ´¤. áçûª Aߪ’uí¬ 3. How fast he bowls!
(-õ‰-•’-™¸ 3 îª÷úøçúÕ.)
'wh word + adverb + Sub + verb.
ÖçüÓ! The conversation above (table-3) is a mixture
Ranjan: Take some with (Noun: üËE-ÈéjØ√ ´’†ç ÉîËa Ê°®Ω’. Adjective-
of exclamation and statements.
you when you í∫’ù«Eo ûÁLÊ° °æü¿ç. Adverb - verb ûÁ™‰p °æE ᙫ (Ñ lesson v§ƒ®Ωç-¶µºç™ Ö†o Conversation ™
go. ïJ-TçüÓ îÁÊ°p ´÷ô)
Ææ÷n©çí¬ exclamation word order:
Statements and exclamations éπL-Ææ’-Ø√o®· éπü∆)
(†’¢Áy-∞Ïx-°æ¤púø’ éÌEo BÂÆ\∞¡Ÿx) Å™« éπL-Ææ’-†o-°æ¤úø’ report îËߪ’ôç èπÿú≈ ÉçûË.
Kundan: Thank you. wh word + noun/adjective/adverb + subject +
¢Á·ü¿ô exclamation †’ statement í¬ ´÷Ja,
´’†ç Éçûª-´-®Ωèπ◊, impera- verb.
ü∆EûÓ §ƒô’ Éûª®Ω statement †’ èπÿú≈ report
tive sentences, state- What a leader Gandhi was! = ÉC Gandhi was
a very great leader ÅE ÉçéÓ Nüµ¿çí¬ îÁ°æpôç.
îË≤ƒhç.
ments, 'wh' questions, eg: Direct Speech:
'non wh' questions report
M. SURESAN Å™«Íí The Taj Mahal is very beautiful - Ñ Ranjan: Oh... Is it you, Kundan? What a pleas-
(Indirect statement †’ ÉçéÓ Nüµ¿çí¬ explanation ®Ω÷°æç™
îËߪ’ôç ure it is to see you! It's a year since we met.
speech™ îÁ°æpôç) îª÷¨»ç exclama-
Report (present tense - reporting verb)
éπü∆. É°æ¤púø’ îÁ§ƒp-©çõ‰
Ranjan surprised at seeing Kundan exclaims
that it is a great pleasure to see him (and
adds/says) that is a year since they met.
Ç §ƒô áçûª ´’üµ¿’-®Ωçí¬ ÖçüÓ! Report (past tense- Reported verb)
Rajan surprised at seeing Kundans exclaimed
that it was a great pleasure to see him, (and
How beautiful the Taj Mahal is! ņ-´îª ’a. added/said) that was a year since they had
tions (Ǩ¡a-®√uEo ûÁ™‰p ¢√é¬u©’/ £æ«®∏√-ûª’hí¬ ´’†èπ◊
(û√ñ¸´’£æ«™¸ áçûª Åçü¿çí¬ ÖçüÓ!– ÉC exclama- met.
éπLÍí ¶µ«¢√-©†’ ûÁ™‰p ¢√é¬u©’)†’ ᙫ report îËߪ÷™
tion- DØËo statementí¬ îÁÊ°h, Exclamation †’ report îËÊÆ full stop -ûÓ ÇÊ°Æœ,
îª÷ü∆lç:
The Taj Mahal is very beautiful Åçö«ç. statement part †’ éÌûªh sentence í¬ èπÿú≈
Let us first study the word order in an excla-
mation. Direct Speech™E exclamation †’ report îËߪ÷- îÁ§Òpa.
(´’†ç ´·çü¿’ exclamation ™ word order- ©çõ‰, ´·çü¿’ ¢√öÀE statement í¬ ´÷®Ω’a-èπ◊çö«ç. Eg: Ranjan surprised at seeing Kundan
´÷ô© Å´’-Jéπ îª÷ü∆lç) (-õ‰-•’-™¸ 1 îª÷úøçúÕ.) exclaims that it is a great pleasure to see him.
¢Á·-ü¿ô ´’†ç report îËߪ÷-Lq† exclamation †’ He says that it is a year since they met.
Look at the following exclamations:
É™« statement ™éÀ ´÷Ja, Ç ûª®√yûª statement †’ Exercise: Conversation at the beginning of
1. What a leader Gandhi was! the lesson N’í∫û√ ¶µ«í¬Eo ¢Á·ûªhç (StatementsûÓ
report îËÆ œ-†-ô’d that ûÓ begin îËÆ œ report îËߪ÷L.
The Tourist: How beautiful the Scenery is! Ææ£æ…) Present tense and past tense reporting
Spoken English -éÓÆæç -éÀxé˙ -îË-ߪ’ç-úÕ. URL:
STATEMENT É°æ¤-úø’- ´’-†ç °j exclamation -†’ report îËߪ÷L.
http://www.eenadu.net/spoken/spoken.htm
Åç-ûªèπ◊ ´·ç-üË ´’†ç Ç exclamation †’ statement (-õ‰-•’-™¸ 4 îª÷úøç-úÕ)
í¬ ´÷®Ω’≤ƒhç. (The scenery is very beautiful)
ANSWER to the exercise 4
DIRECT SPEECH REPORT
Present tense Reporting verb Past tense Reporting verb
Ranjan: Here's something Ranjan tells Kundan that there Ranjan told Kundan that there
for a change. Don't Worry is something for a change and was something for a change
asks him not to worry. and asked him not to worry.
Reporting Verb-Past Kundan: What it is? Kundan asks him what it is. Kundan asked him what it was.
The tourist exclaimed
that the scenery Ranjan: You are here just Ranjan tells Kundan that he is Ranjan told Kundan that he was
was very beautiful. when I am about to have a there just when he is about to there just when he (Ranjan) was
mango. Happy. Let me treat have a mango. Ranjan is happy. about to have a mango. He was
you to some wonderful He wishes to treat Kundan to happy. He wished to treat
INDIRECT SPEECH -REPORT mangoes. They are from some wonderful mangoes. They Kundan to some wonderful
Reporting verb Past tense our own groves - fresh, are from their groves - fresh, mangoes - they were from their
fleshy and juicy. fleshy and juicy. groves - fresh, fleshy and juicy.
Ranjan exclaimed (to Kundan/on
seeing Kundan) that it was a
Kundan: Yes. I smell them. Kundan (says yes) and that he Kundan (said yes) and that he
great pleasure to see him)
How tempting the smell is! smells them. He exclaims that smelt them. He exclaimed that
the smell is very tempting. the smell was very tempting.
Ranjan: Here you are. Have it. Ranjan offers the mango to Ranjan offered the mango to
Kundan exclaimed that he was Kundan Kundan.
very pleased to be with Ranjan Kundan exclaims that it is very Kundan exclaimed that it was
Kundan: Haa... how deli-
again. delicious. They don't get such very delicious. They didn't get
cious it is! At my place of
Ranjan exclaimed that Kundan had work we don't get such fruit fruit at his place of work. They such fruit at his place of work.
grown into a very smart fellow. how sweet! are/it is very sweet. they were/ it was very sweet.
Kundan exclaimed that it was a
big bore to turn out in these Ranjan: Take some with Ranjan asks Kundan to take Ranjan asked Kundan to take
clothes everyday. you when you go. some with him when he goes. some with him when he went