{"id":1120,"date":"2023-06-20T14:19:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T17:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal2\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:39:13","slug":"talk-speak-say-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/gramatica\/talk-speak-say-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk, Speak, Say, Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Talk<\/strong> e Speak<\/strong> s\u00e3o sin\u00f4nimos. No entanto, ‘Speak<\/strong>‘ \u00e9 usado em situa\u00e7\u00f5es mais formais ou quando a conversa est\u00e1 mais para um mon\u00f3logo;\u00a0enquanto que ‘Talk<\/strong>‘ nas informais. ‘Speak<\/strong>‘ tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 usado quando nos referimos a idiomas. Veja os exemplos abaixo:<\/div>\n
It\u2019s really uncomfortable for me to speak in public.<\/strong><\/span> (\u00c9 muito desconfort\u00e1vel falar em p\u00fablico para mim).<\/span>
<\/em><\/span>He was speaking to his employees about the new services.<\/strong>(Ele estava conversando com seus empregados sobre os novos servi\u00e7os.)
<\/em><\/span>Do you speak English?<\/strong> (Voc\u00ea fala Ingl\u00eas?)
<\/em><\/span>He spoke as a citizen, not as the governor.<\/strong> (He falou como um cidad\u00e3o, n\u00e3o como o governador.)<\/em><\/span>

Observe abaixo algumas express\u00f5es com o verbo ‘speak’.

To speak the truth: <\/strong>dizer a verdade<\/span><\/em>
To speak for itself: <\/strong>falar por si mesmo<\/span><\/em>
To speak in public: <\/strong>falar em p\u00fablico<\/em><\/span>
Generally speaking: <\/strong>falando em termos gerais <\/span><\/em><\/span>

Normalmente usamos as preposi\u00e7\u00f5es\u00a0<\/span>to\/ About<\/strong>\u00a0com o verbo ‘<\/span>Talk<\/strong>‘.<\/span>
Did you speak to him about our new project? (Voc\u00ea conversou com ele sobre nosso novo projeto?)
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With- Utilizamos with para mostrar com quem estamos falando ou de que maneira aquela pessoa est\u00e1 se comunicando, geralmente referindo-se a algum sotaque. <\/strong>
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Have you ever spoken English with an Australian?<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0(Voc\u00ea j\u00e1 falou ingl\u00eas com um australiano?)<\/em><\/span><\/div>\nThey speak with a really strange accent.<\/span><\/strong> (Eles falam com um sotaque muito estranho.)<\/em><\/span>
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‘Talk’<\/strong> \u00e9 mais usado de maneira geral e tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 mais informal do que ‘Speak<\/strong>‘. Enquanto que ‘Speak’ d\u00e1 a ideia de mon\u00f3logo, o verbo ‘Talk<\/strong>‘ d\u00e1 ideia de troca de informa\u00e7\u00f5es, um di\u00e1logo firmado entre as duas partes.<\/div>\n
They were talking about their plans for the summer.<\/strong><\/span> (Eles estavam conversando\/falando sobre os planos para o ver\u00e3o)
<\/em>The students talked during the lectures.<\/span> <\/strong>(Os estudantes conversando durante a palestra.)
<\/em>When she walked into the room everybody stopped talking.<\/strong><\/span> (Quando ela entrou an sala todo mundo parou de falar\/conversar.)<\/em><\/span>

Normalmente usamos as preposi\u00e7\u00f5es to\/ About<\/strong> com o verbo ‘Talk<\/strong>‘.
I need to talk to you about last night. (Preciso falar com voc\u00ea sobre ontem \u00e0 noite)

*TO TALK ABOUT = Falar sobre<\/strong>
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‘Say<\/strong>‘ e ‘Tell<\/strong>‘\u00a0se diferenciam um pouco mais, principalmente em rela\u00e7\u00e3o ao foco.\u00a0<\/div>\n
Usamos ‘Say<\/strong>‘ para:
reportar falas e indicar frases textuais;
\u201cI\u2019ll always love you,\u201d he said. <\/strong><\/span>(Ele disse: “Eu sempre te amarei”.);<\/span><\/em>
questionar sobre palavras em outra l\u00edngua;
How do you say \u2018cadeira\u2019 in English?<\/strong><\/span> (Como se diz ‘cadeira’ em ingl\u00eas?)<\/em><\/span>
indicar a leitura de um texto, mapa, gr\u00e1fico, rel\u00f3gio.
The guidebook says that hotel is not very far.<\/strong><\/span> (O guia diz que o hotel n\u00e3o est\u00e1 muito distante.)<\/em><\/span>
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‘Tell<\/strong>‘ \u00e9 usado em contextos onde o foco \u00e9 narrar, contar (algo a algu\u00e9m). ?Ao us\u00e1-lo,\u00a0<\/span>recisamos de um objeto. Isso acontece porque, neste caso, quem recebe a informa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 mais importante do que a informa\u00e7\u00e3o em si. T<\/span>amb\u00e9m \u00a0usamos ‘Tell<\/strong>‘ para informar ou instruir algu\u00e9m. \u00a0<\/div>\n\u00a0\n
Em portugu\u00eas, essa forma imperativa de ‘tell’ \u00e9 mais bem traduzida pelo verbo \u201cmandar\u201d ou \u201cpedir\u201d.<\/strong><\/div>\nShe told me that she would be late.<\/strong> <\/span>(Ela me disse que estaria atrasada.)
<\/em>Did I tell you about my party?<\/strong><\/span> (Eu te contei sobre minha festa?)
<\/em>She told me that it was my last chance.<\/span><\/strong> (Ela me disse que seria minha \u00faltima chance.)
<\/em>Tom\u2019s mother told him to clean his room.<\/strong> <\/span>(Am\u00e3e de Tom o ordenou que limpasse seu quarto.)<\/em><\/span>

Observe abaixo algumas express\u00f5es com o verbo ‘tell’.<\/span>

To tell the truth: <\/strong>dizer\/falar a verdade<\/span><\/em>
To tell a story: <\/strong>contar uma est\u00f3ria<\/em><\/span>
To tell the time: <\/strong>dizer as horas<\/em><\/span>
To tell a secret: <\/strong>contar um segredo <\/em><\/span><\/span>
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Observe o quadro esquematizado abaixo para compreender melhor o uso desses quatro verbos:
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SAY<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\nsomething<\/td>\nto<\/strong>\u00a0someone<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/strong><\/td>\nthat\u2026<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SPEAK<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\na\u00a0language<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nto<\/strong>\u00a0someone<\/td>\nabout<\/strong>\u00a0something\/ someone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TALK<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nto\/with<\/strong>\u00a0someone<\/td>\nabout<\/strong>\u00a0something\/ someone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TELL<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\nsomeone<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n(about<\/strong>) something<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/strong><\/td>\nsomething<\/td>\nto<\/strong>\u00a0someone<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Talk e Speak s\u00e3o sin\u00f4nimos. No entanto, ‘Speak‘ \u00e9 usado em situa\u00e7\u00f5es mais formais ou quando a conversa est\u00e1 mais para um mon\u00f3logo;\u00a0enquanto que ‘Talk‘ nas informais. ‘Speak‘ tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 usado quando nos referimos a idiomas. Veja os exemplos abaixo: It\u2019s really uncomfortable for me to speak in public. (\u00c9 muito desconfort\u00e1vel falar em p\u00fablico […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[414,413,412,416,415],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gramatica","tag-say","tag-speak","tag-talk","tag-talk-speak-say-tell","tag-tell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldoingles.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}