Question

Divya asked me , ' can i stay with you ? '

Answer 1

$\huge{ \underline {\overline{ \mathfrak{\mid{ \purple{ \: \: ANSWER \: \: } \mid}}}}}$

$\star \: \: \mathbb{ \underline{ \red{ \: \: DIRECT \: \: \: SPEECH \: } \: }}$

Divya asked me, '' Can i stay with you ? ''

$\star \: \: \mathbb{ \underline{ \red{ \: \: INDIRECT \: \: \: SPEECH \: \: }}}$

Divya asked me whether she could stay with me.

Or,

Divya asked me if she could stay with me.

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$\pink{ \star }\: \: \mathsf{\underline{ \underline{ \purple{ \: \: RELATED \: \: INFORMATION \: \: }}}}$

In the Direct Speech of the given sentence,

The Reported Clause is a Interrogative Sentence and the Reporting Clause is in Past Tense.

So, in the Indirect Speech ,

The Reported Clause will be joined with the Reporting Clause by using the conjunction Whether or If .

As the Reported Clause in the Direct Speech is in Past Tense , in Indirect Speech we have to change the form of Tense. Therefore, the auxiliary verb Can changed to Could.

As per the rule of Speech / Narration,

If the Reported Clause is in Interrogative Sentence in Direct Speech, then in Indirect Speech the Question Mark (?) is replaced by Full Stop (.) .

Answer 2

Answer:

DIVYA asked me if she can stay with me.