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18 Mohammad Mahfooz HussainDirect: Sehrish said, %u201cI can translate this sentence into Urdu.%u201dIndirect:Sehrish said that she could translate that sentence into Urdu.Case %u2013 15: A Vocative Word or An Addressing Word:Sentence containing a vocative word or an addressing word can be changed in the following ways as per the sentence.Rule %u2013 1: If the listener is called by name:If the listener is addressed with name (proper noun), in the indirect narration this name (proper noun) is used as the object of the reporting verb and the rest part of the reported speech is used after usual necessary changes.Direct IndirectI said, %u201cAlam, are you busy now?%u201d I asked Alam if he was busy then.Alam said, %u201cSehrish, I passed the examination.%u201dAlam told Sehrish that he had passed the examination.Alam said, %u201cSehrish, Nushu is coming.%u201dAlam told Sehrish that Nushu was coming.Rule %u2013 2: If the listener is not called by the exact name:If the listener is addressed as %u2018brother, sister, lady, gentleman, sir, ma%u2019am, etc.%u2019 and highly formal titles like Your Honour.Your Majesty, Excellency,