SAY vs TELL Difference and Meaning with Example English Sentences

Hi, everyone. I’m Esther.

大家好。我是埃丝特。

In this video, I’m going to talk about the two similar and sometimes confusing English verbs

在本视频中，我将讨论两个相似且有时

令人困惑的英语动词“say”和“tell”。

‘say’ and ‘tell’.

‘say’ and ‘tell’ have similar meanings

“说”和“告诉”具有相似的含义

but they are used in different ways.

，但用法不同。

A lot of my students confuse these words,

我的很多学生对这些词感到困惑，

so I hope to clear up any confusion.

所以我希望能澄清任何困惑。

Keep watching to know the difference between these two words.

继续观察就知道这两个词之间的区别。

Let’s start with ‘say’.

让我们从“说”开始。

It is an irregular verb so the past tense form is ‘said’.

它是一个不规则动词，所以过去时形式是“说”。

It means to speak, express something in words or to tell someone something.

它的意思是说话、

用语言表达某事或告诉某人某事。

Let’s look at some example sentences.

让我们看一些例句。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：“对不起，你说什么？”

‘I’m sorry what did you say?’

Maybe I couldn't hear you but I want to know the words that you spoke

也许我听不到你说话，但我想知道你说的话

so I say, ‘What did you say?’

，所以我说：“你说什么？”

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘My mom said ‘hi’.’

“我妈妈说‘嗨’。”

I’m reporting the words that she spoke.

我正在报告她所说的话。

‘She said ‘hi’.’

“她说‘嗨’。”

Now, I will talk about ‘tell’.

现在，我要谈谈“告诉”。

It is also an irregular verb.

它也是一个不规则动词。

The past tense is ‘told’.

过去时态是“告诉”。

It means to say something to someone

它的意思是对某人说些什么，

especially when giving information or instructions.

尤其是在提供信息或指示时。

Let’s look at some examples.

让我们看一些例子。

The first sentence says,

第一句话是：

‘He told his mom that he was tired.’

“他告诉他妈妈他累了。”

He shared this information with his mom.

他与他的妈妈分享了这个信息。

So we can use ‘told’.

所以我们可以用“告诉”。

‘He told his mom that he was tired.’

“他告诉他妈妈他累了。”

The next sentence says,

下一句话是：

‘Tara told john that she loved him.’

“塔拉告诉约翰她爱他。”

Again, Tara told or gave information to John

塔拉再次告诉约翰或向约翰透露

that she loved him.

她爱他。

Now, let's do a checkup.

现在，我们来做个检查。

In this conversation, there are two sentences.

这段对话中有两句话。

In one of the sentences, we use the verb ‘say’

在其中一个句子中，我们使用动词“say”

and the other one we use ‘tell’.

，而另一个句子则使用“tell”。

Take a moment to think about where we should use ‘say’ and ‘tell’.

花点时间思考一下我们应该在哪里使用“说”和“告诉”。

‘A’ says,

“A”说，

‘Did you _blank_ that you liked her?’

“你是否_空白_表示你喜欢她？”

Remember, for ‘say’,

请记住，对于“说”，

something comes after.

后面会发生一些事情。

We ‘say’ something.

我们“说”一些东西。

In this case, the something is that you liked her.

在这种情况下，关键是你喜欢她。

So ‘A’ should be

所以“A”应该是

‘Did you say that you liked her?’

“你说过你喜欢她吗？”

‘B’ says, ‘No I _blank_ her that I loved her.’

“B”说，“不，我没有告诉她我爱她。”

For the verb ‘tell’

对于动词“告诉”，

someone comes after.

某人在后面。

We tell someone.

我们告诉某人。

In this case, ‘her’ comes after the blank,

在这种情况下，“她”出现在空白之后，

so the answer is ‘tell’.

所以答案是“告诉”。

However, we need to use the past tense,

然而，我们需要使用过去时，

so ‘B’ says,

所以“B”说，

‘No, I told her that I loved her.’

“不，我告诉她我爱她。”

So let's look at the conversation again.

那么让我们再看一下对话。

A: Did you say that you liked her?

A：你说过你喜欢她吗？

B: No, I told her that I loved her.

B：不，我告诉她我爱她。

Great job.

做得好。

Now you know the difference between ‘say’ and ‘tell’.

现在您知道“说”和“告诉”之间的区别了。

It takes a little practice but I know you will master these words.

这需要一点练习，但我知道你会掌握这些词。

I will see you in the next video.

我们将在下一个视频中见到您。