Cakap ajuk is direct speech: the speaker’s exact words inside quotation marks. Cakap pindah is reported speech: the same message retold by someone else, without quotation marks.
What your child will learn
- Tell direct speech from reported speech
- Punctuate direct speech
- Change pronouns, time words and place words when reporting
- Report statements, questions and commands
What changes when you report
Pronouns shift: saya becomes dia, kami becomes mereka. Time and place shift too: esok becomes keesokan harinya, sekarang becomes pada masa itu, di sini becomes di situ or di sana, ini becomes itu.
A statement is reported with bahawa: “Mei Ling berkata bahawa dia suka membaca.” A command becomes meminta, menyuruh or melarang; a question becomes bertanya — and loses its question mark.
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. Tukarkan kepada cakap pindah: “Saya suka membaca,” kata Mei Ling.
📖- Mei Ling berkata bahawa dia suka membaca.
- Mei Ling berkata bahawa saya suka membaca.
- Mei Ling berkata “dia suka membaca”.
- Saya berkata bahawa Mei Ling suka membaca.
Show answer
Answer: Mei Ling berkata bahawa dia suka membaca.. “Saya” bertukar menjadi “dia”.
2. Yang manakah cakap pindah?
- “Penatnya!” kata ibu.
- Ibu berkata, “Saya penat.”
- “Saya penat,” kata ibu.
- Ibu berkata bahawa dia penat.
Show answer
Answer: Ibu berkata bahawa dia penat.. Percakapan ibu diceritakan semula tanpa tanda petik.
3. Cakap ajuk ialah…
- cerita tentang percakapan seseorang
- soalan sahaja
- kata-kata sebenar yang diucapkan oleh seseorang
- ayat perintah
Show answer
Answer: kata-kata sebenar yang diucapkan oleh seseorang. Cakap ajuk ditulis di dalam tanda petik.
Tips for grown-ups
- After a phone call, report what the other person said.
- Take a line of speech from a comic and retell it as cakap pindah.