Final answer:
To convert the sentence 'You said to me I do not think I can oblige you again in this way' to indirect speech, it becomes 'He mentioned that he did not think he could oblige me again in that way.' The verb tense changes to past tense, and pronouns are adjusted for perspective.
Step-by-step explanation:
To change the sentence 'You said to me I do not think I can oblige you again in this way' to indirect speech, we need to modify the sentence structure and shift the verb tense to accommodate the reported speech norms. The indirect speech rendition of this sentence would be: 'He mentioned that he did not think he could oblige me again in that way.'
Indirect speech is a method of conveying what someone said without using the exact phrasing they used, often involving changes to pronouns, verb tenses, and other words as needed for clarity and grammatical correctness. In this case, 'do not think' changes to 'did not think' to reflect the past-tense nature of the reporting verb, and 'you again in this way' shifts to 'me again in that way' to account for the change in perspective.