dire

/diʁ/

#19 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to say, to tell

Grammar

Verb typeirregular

Conjugation

Regular french-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jedisdisaisdisdiraidirais
tudisdisaisdisdirasdirais
il/elleditdisaitditdiradirait
nousdisonsdisionsdîmesdironsdirions
vousditesdisiezdîtesdirezdiriez
ils/ellesdisentdisaientdirentdirontdiraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jedisedisse
tudisesdisses
il/elledisedît
nousdisionsdissions
vousdisiezdissiez
ils/ellesdisentdissent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tudis
nousdisons
vousdites

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
disant
Past participle
dit · dite · dits · dites

Examples

- , ' .

Tell me the truth, please.

- '' japonais?

How do you say 'hello' in Japanese?

' .

He says that he will get home late tonight.

'- ?

What do you mean by that?

.

I wanted to say thank you for your help.

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