say, tell, speak, talk 의 차이점이 무엇인가요???

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say, tell, speack, talk의 차이점이 무엇인가요??

언제 각각의 단어를 맞게 쓰는 법이 있을것도 같은데, 아시는분 알려주세요...

영어공부 시작했는데 기초부터 약간이라도 모르는부분이 있으면 알고 넘어가야할 것 같은데, 맞당히 물어볼 곳이 없네요.

알려주신분께 미리 감사드릴께요.

즐거운 하루 되세요

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Say and tell

Although both of these words are used in both direct and indirect speech, say is more usual than tell in direct speech. This is because say can refer to any sort of speech, while tell always means "instruct" or "inform".


"Put the money in the slot", he said.

"Put the money in the slot", he told me.

"You have to leave now", she said.

"You have to leave now", she told me.

We said, "Happy birthday!" (NOT We told him, "Happy birthday").

"Where do you live?" he said. (NOT "Where do you live?" he told me).

The verb tell is usually followed by an object, that is, we usually say who is told.


I told her that she was wrong.

They told us that we could keep the objects.

Say is more commonly used without an object, but when it does have one, we use the word "to".


I said that she was wrong. (NOT I said her that …).

I said to her that she was wrong.

When tell has the meaning of "instruct", it can be followed by an object and an infinitive.


She told me to leave.

They told us to keep the objects.

We cannot use say in this way.
Tell is used (with or without a personal object) in some common expressions:


Tell a story (He told (us) a frightening story).

Tell a joke (I'll tell (you) a joke I heard today).

Tell a lie (She told (me) a lie).

Tell the truth (Next time, she will tell (me) the truth).

Tell the difference (Can you tell (me) the difference between a frog and a toad?).

Tell the time (I can't tell (you) the time because it's too dark).

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이정도가 되겠네요.
간단히 speak는 일반적으로 다수를 상대로 말하다라는 의미가 강하구요
talk는 소수 그룹에서 혹은 1:1로 말하다라는 뉘앙스가 있어요.

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덕분에 저도 간만에 영어 좀 보고 가네요.^^
감사합니다.

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