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What is indirect speech and how is it indicated in Latin?

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Direct speech records directly the comments of someone exactly as they have been said. It uses quotation marks:
He says: "The girl likes your house."

Indirect speech records such comments without using quotation marks:
He says that the girl likes your house.

In Latin, indirect ...

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