Do I need to use quotation marks within direct speech when a new paragraph begins?
Beautiful good day,
To clarify my question, here is an example (assuming the person speaking would say a lot, so that the text would be difficult to read without paragraphs):
"[…] I just wish I didn't have to worry about you so much all the time. It's really exhausting, you know?
And now don't come to me with your stupid excuses again, it won't work!"
Or would it be correct:
"[…] I just wish I didn't have to worry about you so much all the time. It's really exhausting, you know?
"And now don't come to me with your stupid excuses again, it won't work!"
I know that in English they use the second system, but I couldn't find anything about the rules in German.
I hope someone can help me with this. Have a wonderful day everyone!
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Example 1 is correct. Leading signs at the beginning and then only at the end of the personal speech.
Your second play, on the other hand, would mean a dialogue of 2 people in this form. It is often found in novels. You don’t want to write “answered” or “thin said” in a conversation after each ending up and down, if it’s clear in any case that the speakers change.
By the way: What you say to English applies in part, but only in part: With more than one paragraph of a quote, the following paragraph will actually be entered with a quote begon, but the paragraph before the not with quotation marks closed! Strange mix!
Once at the beginning and once at the end. Not every paragraph, except you quote only individual paragraphs from a text.
Okay, thanks.