Question

the old man said ,"may you live long".(change into indirect speech)

Answer 1

The old man said that might he live long.

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

The old man blessed that I might live long.

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the speech spoken directly by the speaker. Indirect speech is the reported speech.

• An imperative sentence has been given in the direct speech.

• While changing it in indirect speech, 'may' changes to 'might' as the reporting verb is in the simple past tense.

• The pronoun 'you' changes to 'I.'

• The comma is replaced by 'that.'