نعم بمكن أن يظل الماضى البسيط واليك أمثله توضيحيه مختلفه :She said to her brother, “I phoned you yesterday
She told her brother she phoned him yesterday
He said to me, “I sent the letter two days ago”
He told me he had sent the letter two days before / two days earlier.
¨ He said to me, "I didn't see the robbers last night."
He told me he hadn't seen the robbers the night before / the previous night.
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