Dīcunt eum iūtūrum esse eam. They say that he will help her.
Dīxit eum iuvāre eam. He said that he (some other person) was helping her.
Dīxit eum iūvisse eam. He said that he (some other person) had helped her.
Dīxit sē iūtūrum esse eam. He said that he (himself) would help her.
Dīcent eum iuvāre eam. They will say that he is helping her.
Dīcent eum iūvisse eam. They will say that he helped/was helping her.
Dīcent sē iūtūrōs esse eam. They will say that they themselves will help her.
从上可见,在间接引语中可以使用任何时态的不定式,而其所示时间是相对于主句的时间的。
迂说法也有不定式:
Gāius dīcit litterās tibi scrībendās esse. Gaius says that the letter ought to be written by you.