Speak, talk, say和tell都能够用来表示“说”“讲”

那这四个词汇之间有什么区别？

其常用搭配又有哪些呢？

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Differences between

speak/talk/say/tell

Say

I say – He/She/It says – We/They say

I will say – I am saying – I said – I have said

我们使用say来进行直接引用或间接引用。直接引用是指通过引号（“”）来直接准确地表达某人所说的话。间接引用指的是转述某人所说的话的大概意思。

直接引用：

He said “Hello.”

She said “It is a nice day.”

I said “Don’t do that.”

间接引用：

I said it was good.

They said they wouldn’t do it again.

She said she would go to town.

Say的后面不可以直接使用宾语，需要再宾语前加to：

I said him hello.

I said hello to him.

Tell

I tell – She/He/It tells – They/We tellI will tell

I am telling – I told – I have told

1. Tell后面直接使用宾语：

You should never tell a lie.

The boy told us he didn’t want any money.

2. Tell somebody to do something，用来发出指令：

I told you to clean your room.

Did you tell him to do his homework?

Speak

I speak –She/He/It speaks –They/We speak

I will speak –I am speaking –I spoke –I have spoken

Speak用来表示一般的谈话（不含谈话细节），通常用于比较正式的表达，speak后面可以加宾语也可以不加宾语：

I want to speak.

Can I speak to you?

Who are you speaking to?

Speak也用来表达语言能力：

I speak English well.

Do you speak Japanese?

She speaks Italian.

Talk

I talk –She/He/It talks –They/We talk

I will talk –I am talking –I talked –I have talked

Talk和speak没有太明显的区别，只不过和speak相比，talk不那么正式

I’d like to talk with you.

Shall we talk to them?

注：另外一个表达“说”的词汇“chat”和“talk”的用法最为接近，chat相较于talk更为随意，可以与talk互相替换：

Can we chat for a bit?

I chatted to her yesterday.

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