Difference/say-tell-talk-speak

Difference/say-tell-talk-speak
Message from ali999 posted on 15-11-2013 at 22:27:31 (D | E | F)
Hello
Help me please
What is the difference between say-tell-talk-speak ?
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by ali999 on 15-11-2013 23:15

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Edited by lucile83 on 16-11-2013 07:47

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Re: Difference/say-tell-talk-speak from gerondif, posted on 15-11-2013 at 23:27:19 (D | E)
Hello,
He is speaking (correct)
He is talking (more colloquial)
He is chatting (more annoying)
to say is to pronounce a word or something:
"Goodbye" he said.
He says that he is innocent.

to tell is to say something to somebody.
Tell me your secret.
He told me his secret.
He told me (ordered me, asked me) to open the door.
He told me that he would be absent = he said to me that he would be absent.

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Re: Difference/say-tell-talk-speak from ali999, posted on 16-11-2013 at 06:43:39 (D | E)
Thank you very much

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