speak talk say tell
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Todos têm a ver com comunicação.
Speak – falarSay – dizerTalk – conversarTell – contar
Speak | Say | Talk | Tell
• Refere-se ao conhecimento de uso de línguas;
“I speak English”
“She speaks three languages”
“What language do they speak at home?”
“I can’t speak Italian, but I know a little Spanish”
to SPEAK, Spokefalar, falou
falar, conversar, ter habilidade linguística
• Com situações de comunicação de ida eintercâmbio em mais formais:
“I have to speak with that boy. He’s getting lazy.”
“I spoke with my friends yesterday about the old times”
“I spoke to the class about the test”
“I want to speak with the principal, please.”
to SPEAK
• Refere-se à conversação informal de intercâmbioe de comunicação:
“We talked all night long about old times”
“They talked for hours about the problem”
“Can I talk to Mr. Pitt please?”
“She talks too much”
“I’m talking to you”
to TALK, Talkedconversar, conversou
falar, conversar, dialogar
• Discurso direto e indireto
“She said she went to the movies yesterday”
“I said ‘good morning’
• Sem pronome pessoal e objeto
“She said that she would be late” (not She said me)
“He said goodbye and went away”
to SAY, saiddizer, disse
dizer, falar, contar
to SAY
• Se quisermos usar pronome pessoal objeto após SAY, usamos to.
“And I say to all the people of this country....”
“Did you say anything to him about that?”
“She said ‘hello’ to me”
to TELL, toldcontar, contou
contar, falar, dizer
• Discurso direto e indireto;* O verbo Tell não é seguido de preposição, mas exige um objeto direto.
“She told me that she would be late”
“He told me about his promotion.”
“I need to tell you something”
“She told me everything about the party”
• Com o sentido de ‘dar instruções’ ou ‘informar’
“He told me it was my last chance”
“They told me what to do”
• Para dizer a alguém para fazer alguma coisa.* To tell someone to do something.
“My mother told me to clean my room”
to TELL