Question

Lila said to me ,"can you tell me his address?"​

Answer 1

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: Zara said,"We're late." (Direct)

                Zara said that they were late. (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.

Lila said to me,"Can you tell me his address?" (Direct)

Lila asked me if I could tell her his address. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Question:-

Change to Indirect Speech:

Lila said to me ,"Can you tell me his address?"​

Answer:-

Lila asked me if I could tell her his address.

Here,

The statement by the speaker was in Interrogative form. So, 'said' changed to 'asked'.

'Can' changed to 'if'

'You' changed to 'I' as it was meant for the listener.

'Me' changed to 'her' as it was meant for the listener.

What is Direct/Indirect Speech ?

Direct Speech: It involves writing the actual words of the speaker within Inverted Commas.

Indirect Speech: It involves changing the words of the speaker by changing the tense to narrate to the some other person.