direct speech
English
Noun
direct
speech
(
uncountable
)
(
grammar
,
narratology
)
the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between
quotation marks
Synonym:
direct discourse
Examples
"I love you", she said.
He looked down at the ground and sighed, "oh well, I guess she's never coming back".
"Why are you here", started Mrs Jones, "and what exactly do you want?"
Antonyms
indirect speech
Translations
the writing of speech
Arabic:
كَلَام مُبَاشِر
m
(
kalām mubāšir
)
,
مُقْتَبَس
m
(
muqtabas
)
Bashkir:
тура телмәр
(
tura telmər
)
Belarusian:
прама́я гаво́рка
f
(
pramája havórka
)
,
прама́я мо́ва
f
(
pramája móva
)
Bulgarian:
пря́ка реч
f
(
prjáka reč
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
直接引語
/
直接引语
(
zhíjiē yǐnyǔ
)
Czech:
přímá řeč
f
Danish:
direkte tale
c
Dutch:
directe rede
(nl)
f
Finnish:
suora
lainaus
French:
discours direct
(fr)
m
German:
direkte Rede
(de)
f
,
wörtlich angeführte Rede
f
Hungarian:
egyenes beszéd
,
idézés
(hu)
,
idézet
(hu)
,
idézett
beszéd
Indonesian:
wacana langsung
(id)
Japanese:
直接話法
(ja)
(
ちょくせつわほう, chokusetsu wahō
)
Korean:
직접화법(直接話法)
(ko)
(
jikjeophwabeop
)
Malayalam:
അഭികഥനം
(
abhikathanaṁ
)
Maori:
kī horipū
Polish:
mowa niezależna
(pl)
f
,
mowa niepośrednia
f
Portuguese:
discurso direto
m
Romanian:
vorbire directă
(ro)
f
Russian:
пряма́я речь
(ru)
f
(
prjamája rečʹ
)
Slovak:
priama reč
f
Slovene:
premi govor
m
Spanish:
please add this translation if you can
Swedish:
direkt anföring
c
Ukrainian:
пряма́ мо́ва
f
(
prjamá móva
)