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Romance Languages Verbs: Conjugations of Say/Tell (dire / dire / dir / decir / dizer)

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English	French	Italian	Catalan	Spanish	Portuguese
Infinitive: to say/tell	dire	dire	dir	decir	dizer

Present: say(s)/tell(s)	dis	dico	dic	digo	digo
	dis	dici	dius	dices	dizes
	dit	dice	diu	dice	diz
	disons	diciamo	diem	decimos	dizemos
	dites	dite	dieu	decís	dizeis
	disent	dicono	diuen	dicen	dizem

Imperfect: said/told, used to say/tell	disais	dicevo	deia	decía	dizia
	disais	dicevi	deies	decías	dizias
	disait	diceva	deia	decía	dizia
	disions	dicevamo	dèiem	decíamos	dizíamos
	disiez	dicevate	dèieu	decíais	dizíeis
	disaient	dicevano	deien	decían	diziam

Preterite: said/told	dis	dissi	diguí	dije	disse
(rare in French or Italian speech)	dis	dicesti	digueres	dijiste	disseste
(alternative Catalan below)	dit	disse	digué	dijo	disse
	dîmes	dicemmo	diguérem	dijimos	dissemos
	dîtes	diceste	diguéreu	dijisteis	dissestes
	dirent	dissero	digueren	dijeron	disseram

Future: will say/tell	dirai	dirò	diré	diré	direi
	diras	dirai	diràs	dirás	dirás
	dira	dirà	dirà	dirá	dirá
	dirons	diremo	direm	diremos	diremos
	direz	direte	direu	diréis	direis
	diront	diranno	diran	dirán	dirão

Conditional: would say/tell	dirais	direi	diria	diría	diria
	dirais	diresti	diries	dirías	dirias
	dirait	direbbe	diria	diría	diria
	dirions	diremmo	diríem	diríamos	diríamos
	diriez	direste	diríeu	diríais	diríeis
	diraient	direbbero	dirien	dirían	diriam

Present Subjunctive: say(s)/tell(s)	dise	dica	digui	diga	diga
	dises	dica	diguis	digas	digas
	dise	dica	digui	diga	diga
	disions	diciamo	diguem	digamos	digamos
	disiez	diciate	digueu	digáis	digais
	disent	dicano	diguin	digan	digam

Imperfect Subjunctive: said/told	disse	dicessi	digués	dijera	dissesse
(rare in French speech)	disses	dicessi	diguessis	dijeras	dissesses
(alternative Spanish below)	dît	dicesse	digués	dijera	dissesse
	dissions	dicessimo	diguéssim	dijéramos	disséssemos
	dissiez	diceste	diguéssiu	dijerais	dissésseis
	dissent	dicessero	diguessin	dijeran	dissessem

Affirmative Imperative: say/tell
Singular familiar you	dis	di'	digues	di	diz
Singular formal you	dites	dica	digui	diga	diga
Let's...	disons	diciamo	diguem	digamos	digamos
Plural familiar you	dites	dite	digueu	decid	dizei
Plural formal you	dites	dicano	diguin	digan	digam

Negative Imperative: don't say/tell
Singular familiar you	ne dis pas	non dire	no diguis	no digas	não digas
Singular formal you	ne dites pas	non dica	no digui	no diga	não diga
Let's not...	ne disons pas	non diciamo	no diguem	no diagamos	não digamos
Plural familiar you	ne dites pas	non dite	no digueu	no digáis	não digais
Plural formal you	ne dites pas	non dicano	no diguin	no digan	não digam

Gerund: saying/telling Present Participle: saying/telling	en disant disant	dicendo dicente	dient	diciendo	dizendo
Past Participle: said/told	dit	detto	dit	dicho	dito

Auxiliary verb used in perfect tenses	avoir	avere	haver	haber	ter

The periphrastic past in Catalan is an alternative to the preterite. It is formed by using anar as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive.

vaig dir
vas dir
va dir
vam dir
vau dir
van dir

There is an alternative form of the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish, which is more similar to Portuguese. Simply replace -ra- with -se- for all conjugations:

dijera / dijese
dijeras / dijeses
dijera / dijese
dijéramos / dijésemos
dijerais / dijeseis
dijeran / dijesen

The future subjunctive is only used in formal or literary Spanish, but it is easy to conjugate since it is nearly identical to the imperfect subjunctive forms. The future subjunctive in Portuguese is very common and the same endings are used for the personal infinitive (see below).

Spanish	Portuguese
dijere	disser
dijeres	disseres
dijere	disser
dijéremos	dissermos
dijereis	disserdes
dijeren	disserem

The personal infinitive in Portuguese uses the infinitive as the stem + the endings of the future subjunctive.

dizer
dizeres
dizer
dizermos
dizerdes
dizerem

There is an alternative form of the past perfect in Portugueuse which only uses one word rather than an auxiliary verb + past participle. These conjugations are quite similar to the imperfect subjunctive conjugations using -ra- in Spanish. However, this simple form is only used in formal or literary Portuguese. (Note that the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish using -ra- can also be used in formal or literary language as an alternative to the compound past perfect.)

dissera
disseras
dissera
disséramos
disséreis
disseram