She said, "Goodbye, my brother"!

[Rollercoaster1]

She saw her brother off.

Is it the correct "Indirect speech" for the "Direct speech" in the title above?

 

[Rover_KE]

No.

She said "Goodbye" to her brother.

Or more simply She said goodbye to her brother.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

No.

She said "Goodbye" to her brother.

Or more simply She said goodbye to her brother.

Are these above sentences 'Direct speech'?

 

[Rover_KE]

My sentences are indirect speech.

(Don't capitalise direct and indirect.)

 

[Rollercoaster1]

My sentences are indirect speech.

(Don't capitalise direct and indirect.)

Fine. I guess I was lacking the ability to post a question in a right order/way. I titled the question in 'indirect speech', and asked if the answer in my post #1 to the title was correct or not.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

I'd say that was direct speech.

What's in the title then?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Direct speech.

 

[jutfrank]

The words inside quotation marks are direct speech.

Paul: "Goodbye." [direct]

Paul said goodbye. [indirect]

 

[Tdol]

Is it the correct "Indirect speech" for the "Direct speech" in the title above?

It conveys the general idea, but it is not an exact conversion.