Summarising a visitor's opinion · Preserving another person's meaning

Preserving another person's meaning in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Application goal: Preserving another person's meaning.

When reporting speech, tense and pronouns may change with context. Said usually has no personal object, while told is followed by the person addressed.

Context: Summarising a visitor's opinion. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.

Practical examples

The visitor said that she had enjoyed the practical part of the workshop.

قالت الزائرة إنها استمتعت بالجزء العملي من الورشة.

She told us that the written instructions were difficult to follow.

أخبرتنا بأن التعليمات المكتوبة كانت صعبة المتابعة.

She suggested adding a simple example at the beginning.

اقترحت إضافة مثال بسيط في البداية.

Check your understanding

1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: The visitor said that she had enjoyed the practical part of the workshop.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: اقترحت إضافة مثال بسيط في البداية.