He said, “May you live long.” (Make it indirect)

• He said, “May you live long.”
- এটি একটি Optative Sentence because it expresses a prayer/wish.

• Narration এর ক্ষেত্রে,
- Direct narration টি Optative sentence এর হলে,
- Direct speech থেকে Indirect speech এ রূপান্তরের বেলায়:
- Reporting verb এর subject বসে।
- wish/pray বসে।
- Inverted comma উঠে that বসে।
- reported speech এর subject বসে, may/might বসে।
- মূল verb থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত অংশ বসে।

• Direct speech: He said, “May you live long.”
• Indirect speech: He prayed that I might live long.

Source: Advanced Learner's Communicative English Grammar & Composition By Chowdhury & Hossain.