Change Of Nearness Words [ समीपता सूचक शव्दों का परिवर्तन ]
Direct se Indirect बनाते समय समीपता सूचक शव्दों को दूरी सूचक शव्दों में बदल देते है l जैसे की निम्नलिखित सारिणी में अच्छी तरह से समझाया गया है l
| Nearness समीपता सूचक Direct Speech | Distantness दूरी सूचक Indirect Speech |
| This | That |
| These | Those |
| Here | There |
| Now | Then |
| Ago | Before |
| Come | Go |
| Just | Then |
| Thus | So |
| Hence [यहाँ से ] | Thence [ वहाँ से ] |
| Hither [ यत्र, इधर ] | Thither [ तत्र, उधर ] |
| To-Night | That Night |
| To-Day | That Day |
| Tomorrow | The Next Day |
| Yesterday | The Previous Day |
| The Next Day | The Following Day |
| Last Week | The Previous Week |
| Last Night | The Previous Night |
Rule 1-
Direct se Indirect बनाते समय यदि This, Here, तथा Now आदि शव्द किसी ऐसी वस्तु, स्थान, या समय की ओर संकेत करते है जो कहते समय वक्ता के सामने हो तो Indirect बनाते समय इनमे कोई परिवर्तन नहीं करते है l
For Example:-
Direct- They said, “We have been coming here.”
Indirect- They said that they had been coming here [ उसी स्थान पर ].
Direct- The child said to me, “This is my garden.”
Indirect- The child told me that this is his garden. [ उसी समय उसी स्थान पर ]
Indirect- The child told me that this was his garden. [ उसी स्थान पर बाद में ]