lunes, 28 de abril de 2008

Comic stripes to see

As it has been quite difficult for you, I will show you a concrete example on how I expect you to work on Reported Speech following a comic stripe.
Click to this link www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/popeye/about.htm and you will see many examples.
How would I work on this concrete comic stripe?
1. First, I must understand what the characters are doing with their words. Primero, debo entender lo que hacen los personajes a través de sus palabras. ¿Preguntan? ¿Piden algo? O ¿simplemente lo dicen?
In this concrete comic, Popeye says "I'm busy!" and then he tells the other character "I am packing for a voyage". Wimpy says to Popeye "I want you to meet my sister", so he is asking Popeye to do something. En este concreto ejemplo, Popeye dice. "Tengo prisa" y luego (otra vez) dice: "Me estoy preparando la maleta para el viaje". Wimpy, sin embargo, diciendo "Quiero que conozcas a mi hermana" pretende que Popeye realmente lo haga.
2. Transformation into the reported speech. Remember, if the main sentence goes in past, there must be changes in the tenses in the subordinate sentences. There will always be changes in personal pronouns (depending on the context) and in adverbials. Transformación al estilo indirecto. Recordad: si la oración principal va en pasado, tiene que haber cambios de los tiempos verbales en la oración subordinada. Siempre los habrá, dependiendo del contexto, en los pronombres personales y en los complementos circunstanciales de tiempo.
So, "I'm busy" will become: Popeye said that he was busy. "I want you to meet my sister" will become: Wimpy wanted Popeye to meet his sister.