Grammar: 🚀 Advanced Grammar: 💬➡️🗣️ Reported Speech (B2) - Lesson 3: Reported Commands, Requests, Advice (using verbs like tell, ask, advise + infinitive)

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Commands & Requests

ការរាយការណ៍អំពីការបញ្ជា និងការស្នើសុំ

When we tell someone what another person asked us to do, we use Reported Speech without using their exact words!

នៅពេលយើងប្រាប់អ្នកផ្សេងនូវអ្វីដែលគេបានឲ្យយើងធ្វើ យើងមិនចាំបាច់និយាយពាក្យសម្តីដើមទាំងស្រុងនោះទេ។ យើងប្រើទម្រង់ Reported Speech ជាការស្រេច!
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architecture The Formula

រូបមន្តទូទៅ
Reporting Verb + Object + (not) + to + V1
Reporting Verbs = tell, ask, advise, warn...
Object = me, him, her, us, them...
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gavel Commands

ការបញ្ជា (ប្រើ tell / order)

"Sit down!"

The teacher told me to sit down. គ្រូបានប្រាប់ខ្ញុំឲ្យអង្គុយចុះ។
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pan_tool Requests

ការស្នើសុំ (ប្រើ ask / beg)

"Please help me."

She asked him to help her. នាងបានសុំឲ្យគាត់ជួយនាង។
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health_and_safety Advice & Warnings

ការផ្តល់ដំបូន្មាន (ប្រើ advise / warn)

"You should sleep."

The doctor advised me to sleep. គ្រូពេទ្យបានណែនាំខ្ញុំឲ្យគេង។
warning The Negative Trap!

"Don't do it!"

(នៅពេលរាយការណ៍ពីការហាមឃាត់ យើងត្រូវដាក់ "not" នៅពីមុខ "to" ជានិច្ច!)
He told me to not do it. close
He told me not to do it. check

Reporting Actions 🎬

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to transform direct commands into smooth reported speech using the "Object + Infinitive" rule!

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Quick Check ⚡

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យចំណេះដឹង
pan_tool Requests
Convert: "Please open the window."
(តើបម្លែងទៅជា Reported Speech មួយណាត្រូវ?)
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warning Warnings
Convert: "Don't touch that!"
(តើបម្លែងការព្រមាននេះយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច?)
gpp_maybe TRICKY QUESTION!
Which sentence has the correct structure?
(តើប្រយោគមួយណាមានទម្រង់ត្រឹមត្រូវ?)
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psychology Meaning
"The doctor advised me to rest."
What did the doctor originally say?
(តើគ្រូពេទ្យបាននិយាយថាអ្វី?)
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
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Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

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តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!
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Recent Questions

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Nita 2 hours ago

Teacher, do we need to change the tense of the second verb? Like "to went" instead of "to go"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Nita! No, that's the beauty of this structure! Because we use "to", the verb that follows MUST be the base infinitive form. So it is always "to go", "to eat", "to sleep". The only verb that changes tense is the reporting verb (tell -> told). 🎓

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Vireak 4 hours ago

Can I say "He suggested me to go"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 3 hours ago

This is a HUGE trap, Vireak! 🛑 "Suggest" does NOT follow the Object + Infinitive rule. You cannot use an object pronoun directly after it. You have to say "He suggested THAT I go" or "He suggested going". Stick to tell, ask, advise, and warn for this rule! 💡

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