Question

Hari said, I shall punish you now."
Change in to indirect speech

Answer 1

Hari said to me that he would punish me then.

Explanation

This sentence was a statement. When we change the narration of a simple statement, we do the following changes in the given sentence:

1. We connect reporting verb clause with quoted speech (direct speech) using 'that'

2. We change the tense of the quoted speech into the past tense.

3. We change the pronouns according to the subject and object.

Answer 2

Heya,

The answer to your question is :

Hari told me that he should punish me then.

[ said to / told - is one and the same

shall - should

now - then ]

( The above given brackets instructs the changes which are done in the answer. )

Regards,

Kshitij.