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| − | <span style="color:#888;font-variant:small-caps;">present tense:</span> '''say''': /<span style="color:#050;">seɪ</span>/, <span style="font-size:74%;">rhymes with the letter ''A'', | + | <span style="color:#888;font-variant:small-caps;">present tense:</span> '''say''': /<span style="color:#050;">seɪ</span>/, <span style="font-size:74%;">rhymes with the letter ''A'', and the words ''way'', and ''weigh''</span><br> |
:::::'''says''': /<span style="color:#050;">sez</span>/, <span style="font-size:74%;">rhymes with ''fez''</span> | :::::'''says''': /<span style="color:#050;">sez</span>/, <span style="font-size:74%;">rhymes with ''fez''</span> | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 21 April 2020
Pronunciation
present tense: say: /seɪ/, rhymes with the letter A, and 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
say or tell ?
- Say requires a sender and a message, i.e. what is said. (ce qui est dit, ou ce qu'on dit)
- Boris didn't say anything Boris n'a rien dit.
- . It is optional to mention the receiver of the message.
- . That person is introduced with the operator/preposition to.
- Boris didn't say anything to Lily. Boris n'a rien dit à Lily.
- Tell requires a sender and a receiver (destinataire) (whom, us, them, etc.).
- . Unlike with say,
tois not needed to introduce the receiver.
- Boris didn't tell Lily. Boris n'a pas informé Lily.
- . The optional direct object (COD) can be either a noun phrase (the answer, the truth, a lie, a story, ...) or an infinitival (to wait, to call back later... etc.)
- Boris didn't tell Lily anything. Boris n'a rien dit à Lily.
- Boris didn't tell Lily to do anything. Boris ne lui a pas dit de faire quoique ce soit.
