'O wise one! Could you give me the answer to my three questions?"the king said to the hermit. (Rewrite using indirect narration)can anyone help me out with this...
Answers
Indirect/Reported Speech refers to speech being said to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: Bayley said,"I am the winner." (Direct)
Bayley said that she was the winner. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in reported/indirect form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'you' changes to 'I', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'yesterday' changes to 'the previous day' and many other words will have to be made.
"O wise one! Could you give me the answer to my three questions?" the King said to the Hermit. (Direct)
The King asked the Hermit whether he could give him the answer to his three questions. (Indirect/Reported)
Hope it helps :)