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[winged bay]

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[uneven beacon]

it's talking about how to correctly change the tenses of verbs in reported speech

those two sentences are just examples

[rough berry]

Oh God now I feel dumb. So the first example shows how to change it from present + passé composée to passé composée and imparfait ?

[uneven beacon]

yesss

[rough berry]

🤦🏽‍♀️ thank you so much!

[uneven beacon]

and the second shows how to change it from « présent + futur simple » to « passé composé + conditionnel »

[uneven beacon]

no problem 👍

[late ice]

Both verbs are in simple present in the first sentence. The second verb changes into imperfect in indirect speech.

A reported speech in passé composé would be in pluperfect in the past.

[unkempt geyser]

Isnt this is all about the tense of the verbe introducteur

If verbe introducteur is in the présent, you dont have to change the tense of the verb in reported words

If the verbe introducteur is in the past tense then you have to change the time of the reported words tense

Présent becomes imparfait
Passe composé and passe simple becomes plus que parfait
Etc.

[late ice]

Yep, that was what I meant.

[unkempt geyser]

All of the tenses here are correct but it is pretty normal that you are confused

Stéphanie : " j'ai faim"

• Elle dit qu'elle a faim

If the dire is in the past then you change the tense