الخطوات هى
1.نحول saidــــــــــــــــــــasked
2.نحذف الاقواس ونباء بنفس اداة الاستفهام
3.نقدم الفاعل عن الفعل
4.نحول زمن الفعل الى الاقدم
امثلة
1.ahmed said"why did you take the book,sami"
ahmed asked sami why he had taken the book
2.soha asked "when did you arrive in egypt,ropert"
soha asked robert when he had arrived in egypt
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