Question

Nova said, " How long have you been waiting for me?" (change into indirect speech) ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Nova said," How long you have been waiting for me?"

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct speech = Nova said, " How long have you been waiting for me?"

Indirect speech = Nova asked me that how long had he been waiting for me .

Explanation

the direct speech refers to the use of word exactly as the two or more person is talking to each other .

Whereas , in case of indirect speech , the words are used in a way that the incident is told to some other person after the incident .

Hence , from the given question ,

The statement is given in direct speech  -