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le discours direct vs. indirect

In French there are two kinds of speech: direct speech (le discours direct) and indirect speech (le discours indirect). When using direct speech you quote what another person says with quotation marks. The French use the following quotation marks: « ». Also, note that some textbooks refer to this as direct and indirect discourse.
par example:

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  Paul dit: «J’ai faim». Paul says, “I’m hungry.”
  
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  Marie demande: «Où sont les toilettes?». Marie asks, “Where’s the restroom?”
  

In indirect speech (le discours indirect) you’re referring to what another person said without using any quotation marks. Indirect speech can become a bit complicated because several grammatical elements such as personal pronouns and possessive adjectives can change.

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  Paul dit qu’il a faim. Paul says he’s hungry.
  
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  Marie demande ou sont les toilettes. Marie asks where’s the rest room.
  

Agreement of tenses – la concordance des temps

When switching from direct speech to indirect speech the present tense and passé composé are maintained. This doesn’t apply to the imperative, which we’ll look at further below.
In the examples below we’ll look at specific elements of speech which change between the direct and indirect speech.

Example 1 – Le présent

In this first example there’s no change in tense (présent), but the possessive adjective (mes amis -> ses amis) changes as well as the indirect object pronoun (me -> lui).

DIRECT	INDIRECT
Marie dit: «Mes amis sont en retard et il me rendront visite demain.»	Marie dit que ses amis sont en retard et qu'ils lui rendront visite demain.
Marie says: "My friends are late and they'll visit me tomorrow."	Marie says that her friends are late and that they'll visit her tomorrow.