Reported speech: tense backshift

Lesson 1 · Words 2003-2026

Words 2003 to 2026

Lesson 2 · Words 2027-2050

Words 2027 to 2050

Lesson 3 · Grammar primer

Reported speech: tense backshift

Turning dice que into dijo que: when the reporting verb is past, the present slides to the imperfect, the preterite to the pluperfect, the future to the conditional - plus the pronoun and time shifts, and the obligatory que.

Lesson 4 · Words 2053-2076

Words 2053 to 2076

Lesson 5 · Grammar primer

Reported questions and commands

me preguntó si..., me preguntó dónde..., and me dijo que viniera - reporting yes/no questions with si, open questions without the inversion, and commands as que plus the imperfect subjunctive.

Lesson 6 · Words 2078-2100

Words 2078 to 2100

Lesson 7 · Read a story

Story milestone: top 2100 words

You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-2100 ceiling.