Conjugation of the verb say in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb say in English.

Conjugation of the verb say in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I say
  • you say
  • he|she|it says
  • we say
  • you say
  • they say

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

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

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb say in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I said
  • you said
  • he|she|it said
  • we said
  • you said
  • they 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

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

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb say in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will say
  • you will say
  • he|she|it will say
  • we will say
  • you will say
  • they will say

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

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

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

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to say

Present participle

  • saying

Past participle

  • said

Perfect Participle

  • having said

The imperative in English, for the verb to say

Imperative

  • say
  • let's say
  • say

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