the lady asked the sales man if he could show her a barbie doll.
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The lady asked the salesman, "can you show me a barbie doll".
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Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: Nolan said,"I don't have siblings." (Direct)
Nolan said that he didn't have siblings. (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 contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
The lady asked the salesman if he could show her a Barbie doll. (Indirect)
The lady told the salesman,"Can you show me a Barbie doll?" (Direct)