the son answered,"i had seen that we have one dog and they had four".
T he son answere d, "I had seen that we have one dog and they had four". The part in quotes is pretty nasty mix of tenses. I would try to fix that first before worrying about converting it to indirect speech.
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The son answered, "I had seen that we have one dog and they had four".
The part in quotes is pretty nasty mix of tenses. I would try to fix that first before worrying about converting it to indirect speech. Would "I saw that we had one dog and they had four" do?