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### Reporting Statements with "Că"

When you want to share what someone else said—like the latest celebrity gossip or a press release—you use reported speech (Vorbirea indirectă). Just like in English, Romanian uses a reporting verb followed by the conjunction **că** (that).

Common reporting verbs include **a susține** (to claim), **a nega** (to deny), **a confirma** (to confirm), and **a menționa** (to mention).

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### Shifting Pronouns and Possessives

When turning a direct quote into reported speech, you must shift the pronouns and possessives to match the new perspective. First-person words like "I" (**eu**) or "my" (**meu**) change to third-person words like "he/she" (**el/ea**) or "his/her" (**lui/ei**).

For example, if an actor says, "I didn't start the scandal," you report it as, "The actor denies that *he* started the scandal."

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### Verb Tenses in Reported Speech

There is one major difference between English and Romanian reported speech. In English, when the reporting verb is in the past tense (e.g., "mentioned"), we often shift the reported verb backward in time (e.g., "is starting" becomes "was starting"). 

In Romanian, you typically keep the reported verb in the exact same tense the original speaker used.

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Reported statements

adjective

adverb

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The verb to be and definite articles (a fi, -ul, -le)

Feminine definite articles (-a, -ua)

Indefinite articles (un, o)

Negative sentences (nu)

Question words (ce, unde, cine)

The verb to have (a avea)

Masculine plural nouns (-i, -ii)

Feminine plural nouns (-e, -i, -le)

Neuter plural nouns (-uri, -e, -le)

Adjectives and agreement

Present tense of regular -a verbs

Present tense of -a verbs with suffix (-ez)

Present tense of regular -i and -î verbs

Present tense of -i and -î verbs with suffix (-esc / -ăsc)

Present tense of -ea and -e verbs

Reflexive pronouns (mă, te, se, ne, vă)

Accusative prepositions (în, la, pe, din, cu)

Likes and dislikes (îmi place)

Possessive adjectives (meu, tău, său)

Third-person possessives (lui, ei, lor)

Possessive articles (al, a, ai, ale)

Formal politeness (dumneavoastră)

Demonstrative adjectives (acest, acel)

Numbers 1 to 10

The number two (doi, două)

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Quantifying large numbers (de)

The subjunctive (să)

Third-person subjunctive (să)

Direct object pronouns (îl, o, îi, le)

Personal direct objects (pe)

Days of the week

Telling time (e ora...)

Months of the Year (January to June)

Months of the Year (July to December)

The Four Seasons

Weather Conditions

Rooms in a House

Basic Body Parts: Upper Body

Basic Body Parts: Limbs

Everyday Clothing

Basic Foods: Groceries

Fruits and Vegetables

Around Town

Getting Around

Setting the Table

A Colorful World

Common Animals

In the Wild

Jobs and Careers

Everyday Tech

Describing people (tânăr, bătrân, înalt)

Asking when and why (când, de ce, care)

Hello and goodbye (bună ziua, la revedere)

Coming and going (intra, sta, trece)

Where is it? (sub, lângă, între)

Knowing and thinking (știu că, cred că)

Sorry, welcome, congratulations (îmi pare rău, la mulți ani)

Introducing yourself (mă numesc, sunt din România)

How much and how many (puțin, prea, doar)

Can and may (pot merge, pot să merg)

If and whether (dacă)

At school and university

Irregular verbs in the present (vrea, lua, da, bea, sta)

Free time and sport

How much is it? (cât costă, câți, câte)

Before and after (înainte, după, până)

At the doctor (mă doare)

Meals of the day (micul dejun, prânzul, cina)

At the restaurant

Ability and permission (a putea să)

Obligation and necessity (trebuie să)

Desires and intentions (a vrea să)

Impersonal statements (se)

Adverbs of frequency (adesea, uneori)

Conjunctions for reasons and links (pentru că, deci)

Stressed accusative pronouns (pe mine, pe tine)

Indefinite pronouns (cineva, ceva)

Negative pronouns and double negation (nimeni, nimic)

The past tense auxiliary (am, ai, a)

The past tense (am, ai, a)

Regular past participles (-at, -it)

Regular past participles (-ut, -s, -t)

Negative past tense (nu am)

Question	Answer
the celebrity	vedeta
to claim	susține
the divorce	divorțul
the rumor	zvonul
The celebrity claims that her divorce is a rumor.	Vedeta susține că divorțul ei este un zvon.
to deny	nega
the scandal	scandalul
The actor denies that he started the scandal.	Actorul neagă că el a început scandalul.
to confirm	confirma
the tour	turneul
The manager confirmed that they are canceling the tour.	Managerul a confirmat că ei anulează turneul.
to mention	menționa
the press	presa
She mentions that her husband read the rumor in the press.	Ea menționează că soțul ei a citit zvonul în presă.
The celebrity claims that she is organizing a new tour.	Vedeta susține că ea organizează un turneu nou.
They deny that the scandal destroyed their career.	Ei neagă că scandalul le-a distrus cariera.
The journalist mentioned that the press confirmed the divorce.	Jurnalista a menționat că presa a confirmat divorțul.
I read the rumor which the press mentioned.	Am citit zvonul pe care presa l-a menționat.
The director confirmed that they are starting to plan the tour.	Directorul a confirmat că ei încep să planifice turneul.
The woman claims that he lied to her, but she denies the scandal.	Femeia susține că el a mințit-o, dar neagă scandalul.