Reported Questions & Commands
Reported QUESTIONS build on Module 11’s indirect questions: keep the question word (πού/πώς/πότε/γιατί) or αν (“whether”) + a plain indicative, no inversion - «Με ρώτησε αν μένω εδώ». The B2 addition is the same OPTIONAL backshift: the reported present may shift to the imperfect - «Με ρώτησε αν έμενα εδώ» (both correct). Reported COMMANDS are new. A direct command is an IMPERATIVE («Φύγε!»); Greek has no infinitive, so “told me to leave” becomes a να-CLAUSE after a verb of telling/asking - «Μου είπε να φύγω» (imperative Φύγε! → να φύγω, the Module-7 να + dependent, its subject now matching whoever was told). Keep the two patterns apart: a reported STATEMENT takes ότι/πως + indicative (Είπε ότι φεύγει - a fact); a reported COMMAND takes να + the dependent (Είπε να φύγει - an instruction). It is Module 11’s ότι-vs-να split again, with commands firmly on the να side.
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Reported questions build on Module 11’s indirect questions (see Indirect Questions): keep the question word (πού/πώς/πότε/γιατί) or αν (“whether”) + a plain indicative, no inversion - Με ρώτησε αν μένω εδώ. The B2 addition is the same optional backshift: the reported present may shift to the imperfect - Με ρώτησε αν έμενα εδώ (both correct). Reported commands are new. A direct command is an imperative («Φύγε!»); Greek has no infinitive, so “told me to leave” becomes a να-clause after a verb of telling/asking - Μου είπε να φύγω (the imperative Φύγε! → να φύγω, the Module-7 να + dependent). Keep the two patterns apart: a reported statement takes ότι/πως + the indicative (Είπε ότι φεύγει - a fact); a reported command takes να + the dependent (Είπε να φύγει - an instruction). It is Module 11’s ότι-vs-να split again, with commands firmly on the να side.