可以,He said to me that he was born in 1978?可以直接用 told me 代替,直接引语变间接引语是改变从句中的人称,时态,指示代词,时间状语,地点状语等要做出相应的变化,也就是说,关键看从句的变化,可以忽略主句的变化（一般情况下,即陈述句）如：He said to me ,"you are smart"变间接引语为：He said that I (人称的变化）was smart.