A sentence in oratio obliqua can be rendered by the participial
constructions above described, or by a sentence beginning with =että=,
_that_. In this latter case the sentence is constructed exactly as in
English.
=Hän sanoi ettei se ole varma, mutta että koettaisi tiedustaa tarkemmin=,
_he said it was not certain, but that he would endeavour to obtain more
accurate information_. =Minä kysyin häneltä oliko hän kuullut että
ystäväni oli kuollut ja pyysin että hän kirjoittaisi=, _I asked him if he
had heard that my friend was dead, and begged him to write_.
The word =muka= is often used to denote that a statement rests not on the
authority of the speaker but of some one else.
=Hän ei tahtonut viipyä: oli muka kovin väsyksissä=, _he did not want to
wait, saying he was very tired_. =Luulevat hänen veljensä tulevan: hän
oli muka kirjoittanut jollekulle=, _people think his brother is coming:
it is said he has written to some one_. =Hän eroitti palvelijansa se
kun oli muka varas=, _he dismissed his servant because he was a thief_
(according to his master’s statement).