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direct speech in Persian

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

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• Subject: direct speech in Persian
• Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:05:57 EDT

In "Teach yourself Modern Persian" (c1971) by John Mace, it says on page 120, 
"In Persian there is no distinction between Direct and Indirect Speech: we 
always use the _exact_ words of the speaker."
Sure sounds familiar.

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