DIRECT STATEMENTS, QUESTIONS AND COMMANDS

DIRECT STATEMENTS

A direct statement is a simple statement like ‘I walked the dog’.

DIRECT QUESTIONS

Direct questions quote exactly what someone has asked - e.g. ‘What are you doing?’

Direct questions are formed with either:

• Interrogative pronouns such as ‘quis?’ or ‘quid?’, or with interrogative words such as ‘quo?’ or ‘quando?’

• adding -ne to the end of an emphatic word in the question

• nonne? - opening a question expecting the answer no

• num? - opening a question expecting the answer yes

These introduce the questions, which are then followed by a normal structured sentence.

DIRECT COMMANDS

Direct commands are formed with the imperative mood. (Visit the page on imperatives in the grammar section of the website)

Having understood what direct statements, questions and commands, now you can learn the indirect versions of these in the specific grammar section!