Question

Change the narration. "You say"said the judge, "that the bag you lost contained ten thousand rupees. "

Answer 1

The judge asked me that do i intend to say that the bag I lost contained ten thousand rupees.

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Answer 2

Answer :

This question is on direct and indirect speech.

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "direct speech" as "When you use direct speech, you repeat what someone has said using exactly the words they used."

The given sentence is in direct speech.

Direct Speech : "You say" said the judge, "that the bag you lost contained ten thousand rupees."

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "indirect speech" as "the act of reporting something that was said, but not using exactly the same words."

The given sentence, correctly converted to indirect speech, is :

Indirect Speech : The judge said to the man that he says that the bag he had lost contained ten thousand rupees.