Difference between revisions of "Say"
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| − | Syntax requires a <span style="color:#A08;font-variant:small-caps;">subject (S)</span> and a <span style="color:#0A8;font-variant:small-caps;">direct object (COD)</span>, i.e. what is said. An optional <span style="color:#80A;font-variant:small-caps;">indirect object (COI)</span> (to whom it was said) is introduced with the operator/preposition "to". | + | Syntax requires a <span style="color:#A08;font-variant:small-caps;">subject (S)</span> and a <span style="color:#0A8;font-variant:small-caps;">direct object (COD)</span>, i.e. what is said. (''ce qui est dit'', ou ''ce qu'on dit'') |
| + | An optional <span style="color:#80A;font-variant:small-caps;">indirect object (COI)</span> (to whom it was said) is introduced with the operator/preposition "to". | ||
*<span style="color:#A08;">I</span> didn't say <span style="color:#0A8;">anything</span>. | *<span style="color:#A08;">I</span> didn't say <span style="color:#0A8;">anything</span>. | ||
*<span style="color:#A08;">I</span> didn't say <span style="color:#0A8;">anything</span> <span style="color:#80A;">to Lily</span>. | *<span style="color:#A08;">I</span> didn't say <span style="color:#0A8;">anything</span> <span style="color:#80A;">to Lily</span>. | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 21 April 2020
Pronunciation
present tense: say: /seɪ/, rhymes with the letter A, & the words way, and weigh
- says: /sez/, rhymes with fez
past tense & past participle: said, /sed/, rhymes with bed
Semantics
The fourth most common verb in English (after the auxiliaries be, have, & do), it means speak or assert. (dire in French).
Syntax
Syntax requires a subject (S) and a direct object (COD), i.e. what is said. (ce qui est dit, ou ce qu'on dit) An optional indirect object (COI) (to whom it was said) is introduced with the operator/preposition "to".
- I didn't say anything.
- I didn't say anything to Lily.
