Question

"It will take me half the day to ment this ,"said Tegumai. change sentence into indirect speech​

Answer 1

When using indirect or reported speech, the form changes. Usually indirect speech is introduced by the verb said, as in I said, Bill said, or they said. Using the verb say in this tense, indicates that something was said in the past. In these cases, the main verb in the reported sentence is put in the past.

answer

Tegumai says he will take half the day to ment this.

Answer 2

Answer:

Tegumai said that it would take him half the day to ment this .