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English conjugation of the verb "to say" in Present Simple Tense

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Definition & Examples

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to say

Imperative
say
let's say
say

Present Participle
saying

Past Participle
said

Indicative:

Present

I say
you say
he/she/it says
we say
you say
they say

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

I am saying
you are saying
he/she/it is saying
we are saying
you are saying
they are saying

Present perfect

I have said
you have said
he/she/it has said
we have said
you have said
they have said

Future

I will say
you will say
he/she/it will say
we will say
you will say
they will say

Future Perfect

I will have said
you will have said
he/she/it will have said
we will have said
you will have said
they will have said

Past continuous

I was saying
you were saying
he/she/it was saying
we were saying
you were saying
they were saying

Past perfect

I had said
you had said
he/she/it had said
we had said
you had said
they had said

Future continuous

I will be saying
you will be saying
he/she/it will be saying
we will be saying
you will be saying
they will be saying

Present perfect continuous

I have been saying
you have been saying
he/she/it has been saying
we have been saying
you have been saying
they have been saying

Past perfect continuous

I had been saying
you had been saying
he/she/it had been saying
we had been saying
you had been saying
they had been saying

Future perfect continuous

I will have been saying
you will have been saying
he/she/it will have been saying
we will have been saying
you will have been saying
they will have been saying

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to say

Imperative
do not say
let's not say
do not say

Present Participle
not saying

Past Participle
not said

Present

I do not say
you do not say
he/she/it does not say
we do not say
you do not say
they do not say

Past

I did not say
you did not say
he/she/it did not say
we did not say
you did not say
they did not say

Present continuous

I am not saying
you are not saying
he/she/it is not saying
we are not saying
you are not saying
they are not saying

Present perfect

I have not said
you have not said
he/she/it has not said
we have not said
you have not said
they have not said

Future

I will not say
you will not say
he/she/it will not say
we will not say
you will not say
they will not say

Future Perfect

I will not have said
you will not have said
he/she/it will not have said
we will not have said
you will not have said
they will not have said

Past continuous

I was not saying
you were not saying
he/she/it was not saying
we were not saying
you were not saying
they were not saying

Past perfect

I had not said
you had not said
he/she/it had not said
we had not said
you had not said
they had not said

Future continuous

I will not be saying
you will not be saying
he/she/it will not be saying
we will not be saying
you will not be saying
they will not be saying

Present perfect continuous

I have not been saying
you have not been saying
he/she/it has not been saying
we have not been saying
you have not been saying
they have not been saying

Past perfect continuous

I had not been saying
you had not been saying
he/she/it had not been saying
we had not been saying
you had not been saying
they had not been saying

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been saying
you will not have been saying
he/she/it will not have been saying
we will not have been saying
you will not have been saying
they will not have been saying

Indicative:

Present

do I say ?
do you say ?
does he/she/it say ?
do we say ?
do you say ?
do they say ?

Indicative

Present continuous

am I saying ?
are you saying ?
is he/she/it saying ?
are we saying ?
are you saying ?
are they saying ?

Present perfect

have I said ?
have you said ?
has he/she/it said ?
have we said ?
have you said ?
have they said ?

Future

will I say ?
will you say ?
will he/she/it say ?
will we say ?
will you say ?
will they say ?

Future Perfect

will I have said ?
will you have said ?
will he/she/it have said ?
will we have said ?
will you have said ?
will they have said ?

Past continuous

was I saying ?
were you saying ?
was he/she/it saying ?
were we saying ?
were you saying ?
were they saying ?

Past perfect

had I said ?
had you said ?
had he/she/it said ?
had we said ?
had you said ?
had they said ?

Future continuous

will I be saying ?
will you be saying ?
will he/she/it be saying ?
will we be saying ?
will you be saying ?
will they be saying ?

Present perfect continuous

have I been saying ?
have you been saying ?
has he/she/it been saying ?
have we been saying ?
have you been saying ?
have they been saying ?

Past perfect continuous

had I been saying ?
had you been saying ?
had he/she/it been saying ?
had we been saying ?
had you been saying ?
had they been saying ?

Future perfect continuous

will I have been saying ?
will you have been saying ?
will he/she/it have been saying ?
will we have been saying ?
will you have been saying ?
will they have been saying ?

See also verbs with similar meaning: say farewell

Definitions:

- Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- Express a supposition
- Indicate
- Communicate or express nonverbally
- Recite or repeat a fixed text
- Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- Utter aloud
- Express in words
- State as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- Report or maintain
- Have or contain a certain wording or form

Examples:

- The mother told the child to get dressed
- Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?
- The clock says noon
- Did his face say anything about how he felt?
- She said her `Hail Mary'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- She said `Hello' to everyone in the office
- State your name
- I say let's forget this whole business
- The registrar says that I owe the school money
- What does the law say?