Question

cuando no se cambia el verbo en reported speech

ejemplo:

my dad made me a train set when I was younger, but I was never really interested in the trains.

He said that his dad had made him a train set when he/she was younger. However, he/she had never been interested in trains.

¿por qué no se cambia when he was younger?

Answer 1

Creo que es debido a que, al poner que "cuando era joven" es imposible ponerlo a presente porque cambiaría el significado de la frase a "cuando es joven ¿??" que no tiene sentido.