O bana babasının öldüğünü söyledi.
- He told me that his father was dead.
Babam yatakta kitap okumamamı söyledi.
- My father told me not to read a book in my bed.
Tom'a ne yapması söylenmişse onu yapıyor.
- Tom is only doing what he was told to do.
Tom'a Mary'yi yalnız bırakacağı zaten söylenmişti.
- Tom has already been told to leave Mary alone.
... I told him I didn't know what to do about that. ...
... especially poignant when senior citizens told me that ...