Question

I said to him, "May you be happy (
change the mode of narration)​

Answer 1

Answer:

i wished that he might be happy

Answer 2

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I said to him, "May you be happy." (Change the mode of narration)

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I prayed that he might be happy.

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In form of Direct Speech:

• The actual words of the speaker are put within inverted commas (" ")

• A comma(,)is used before these words,seperating them from the first part of the sentence.

• The qouted words begin with a Capital letter.

In form of Indirect Speech:

• Here,the qouted words are not in inverted commas,but are introduced by conjunction 'that'.

• There is no comma after Reporting Verb 'said.'

• The tense of the Reporting Verb is never changed.

Rules to change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech in forms of Imperative Sentence.

• Rule 1

The Reporting Verb ' say' or' tell' is changed to wish or pray according to the sence of the Reported Speech.

• Rule 2

The Optative form is changed into a statement.