He said to me are you looking for your friend today
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He asked me if I was looking for my friend that day.
Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: Loren said,"Where did he go?" (Direct)
Loren asked where he had went. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
He said to me,"Are you looking for your friend today?" (Direct)
He asked me if I was looking for my friend that day. (Indirect)