Question

he said we cannot be quite happy in this life in indirect speech

Answer 1

He said that we could not be happy in this life.

Indirect Speech In the English Language.

• Quoting a person's speech in the same words is called direct speech.
• While the speech style that we use when we use different words to report what someone said is known as Indirect Speech.
• In the above sentence the word "that" is used as a conjunction.
• The first pronouns like I, we, me, my, and our do not change just like in the above sentence.
• For example,

        Direct speech: He said, " where is my book?"

       Indirect speech: He asked where was his book.

Answer 2

He said that we cannot be quite happy in this life .

Explanation:

IT IS A PERMANENT FACT SO IT CAN'T CHANGE.