use the same tense in both the main clause and quotation in other languages. They will also use coreferenced pronouns to the direct quotation's first-person subject in the main clause: Shex said, "Ix..."; theyy said "wey ..." In many languages, the primary speaker may also attempt to quote an utterance in the same language the original speaker used, even if an interlocutor does not understand it; however, it is mainly context-dependent such as when telling stories. Quotative verbs Quotative verbs are lexical verbs that indicate the speech, thoughts, or perceptions of the original speaker. Quotations can be introduced as the complement to a quotative verb or as the head phrase to an adjunct phrase containing a quotative verb in some languages like English and French. {| class="wikitable" |- ! ||Quotation as complement || Quotation as head phrase adjunct |- | English || Marie said, “My brother has arrived.” || “My brother has arrived," Marie said. |- | French || Marie a dit, “Mon frère est arrivé.” || “Mon frère est arrivé," comme a dit Marie. |} English also displays verb-second (V2) order vestige only in quotation contexts (quotative inversion), requiring the finite verb to appear in the second position of a clause. For example: "No no no" says Harry. Direct and indirect quotations are sometimes not distinguishable. Traditionally, English uses an overt complementizer that after a quotative verb to indicate indirect quotation, but it is also seen to prompt direct quotation in some English varieties like Indian English, Hong Kong English, and Kenyan English. {| class="wikitable" |- | Hong Kong English || After the movie I just said that "Oh Frank I cannot walk." |- | Indian English || Never a husband says that "I'll make a cup of tea okay, you sit. I'll make a cup of tea." |- | Kenyan English || So Kabuwe Abuwe told us that "If it is for wedding I am not going to contribute." |} The newer quotative verb be like in English is used to only introduce direct quotations. Be like includes the use of the demonstrative that, which is null in most English varieties, but can be optionally overt in some varieties like Glasgow English. Dutch's quotative verb hebben zoiets van has a similar structure to Standard American English in that it has a null demonstrative that precedes the quotation. It differs from the English structures in that it uses an