John said, "I must leave early for the meeting." (change the narration)

• Narration এর ক্ষেত্রে,
• Direct speech থেকে Indirect speech এ রূপান্তরের বেলায়:
- Reporting verb এর subject বসে।
- Reporting verb say/said, tell/told (যদি থাকে) বসে।
- Inverted comma উঠে that বসে।
- Direct speech এ must থাকলে Indirect speech এ had to হয়।
- to এর পর verb এর base form বসবে।
- বাকি অংশ বসবে।

Direct: Karim said, "I must go home."
Indirect: Karim said that he had to go home.

Direct: John said, "I must leave early for the meeting."
Indirect: John said that he had to leave early for the meeting.

Source: A Passage to the English Language by S. M. Zakir Hussain.