OPTATIVE SENTENCE : INDIRECT SPEECH

Optative Sentence से अभिशाप, आशीर्वाद, प्रार्थना या इच्छा का बोध होता है । इसे Indirect Speech में बदला जा सकता है । इसके लिए पूर्व बताए गए General Rules के अलावा निम्नलिखित Special Rules की सहायता लें -
* Reporting Verb को वाक्य के अर्थानुसार curse / bless / pray / wish में बर्दल दें l
* Inverted Commas के बदले that दें।
* Optative Sentence को Assertive Sentence में बदल दे । अर्थात् Subject के बाद Verb दें । फिर Tense , Person तथा अन्य पद का परिवर्तन सामान्य नियम के अनुसार करें ।
* अंत में full stop दें।
OPTATIVE SENTENCE : INDIRECT SPEECH
OPTATIVE SENTENCE : INDIRECT SPEECH

अब आप सम्पूर्ण प्रक्रिया को नीचे दिए गए उदाहरणों से समझे -
Direct
Indirect
He said to me, “May you live long !”
He blessed me that I might live long.
My father said to me, “May you get success!”
My father wished me that I might get success.
They said, “May God save the king!”
They wished/prayed that God might save the king.
He said to her, “May you die!”
He cursed her that she might die.

Note : * ऐसे वाक्यों में wish / pray के बाद object न दें ।
* यदि Optative Sentence में May का प्रयोग नहीं हो , तो उसे वाक्य में जोड़ दें और तब वाक्य को Indirect Speech में बदलें ।
Direct
Indirect
They said, “Long live our friendship!”
They wished that their friendship might live long.
The saint said, "God bless you!"
The saint prayed that God might bless me.
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