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Fuvest 1978: “Are you hungry?” no discurso indireto

Assinale a alternativa que equivale ao seguinte: Suddenly Peter said to me, "Are you hungry?"

  1. A) Suddenly Peter said that I was hungry.
  2. B) Suddenly Peter told me that I was hungry.
  3. C) Suddenly Peter asked if he were hungry.
  4. D) Suddenly Peter asked me whether I was hungry.
  5. E) Peter informed me that he was hungry.
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Resposta correta: D

A fala original é uma pergunta de sim ou não dirigida a mim — “Are you hungry?” —, então o discurso indireto exige três coisas: “asked” no lugar de “said”, o conectivo “whether” (ou “if”) e o recuo verbal para “was”. Isso é exatamente D, “Suddenly Peter asked me whether I was hungry”. A e B transformam a pergunta em afirmação (“said that”, “told me that”), mudando o que Peter fez: ele não afirmou que eu estava com fome, ele quis saber. C mantém “asked”, mas troca o sujeito — o “you” da fala de Peter sou eu, não ele. E erra nas duas frentes: vira afirmação e ainda põe a fome em Peter.

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