"Say"의 정의와 사용법 및 예문에 관한 질문

A: What "quite short" means depends on whether it's US English or UK English.

In US English, "quite" means "more than very". A quite short person is especially, unusually short.

In UK English, "quite" means "somewhat". A quite short person is shorter than average, but not remarkably so.

A: Basically it is non negotiable. The speaker has made up their mind not to move forward with the topic, decision, or action.

A: Because they think what they’re seeing is nature

A: It’s a way of saying whatever your about to say isn’t very pleasing and it’s not something you would usually say. So for example if I said “I wouldn’t like to say he is a liar, but he doesn’t tell the truth all of the time” or “I wouldn’t like to say he is a and person but he treats people very badly”

A: 「I met them by accident、と言うやつさ。」

（そういうよく使われる表現があるから、「I met them by accident、と言ったりするように」と直訳できる言い回しになっています。）

A: “I would say that’s a good idea
I would say it’s okay...
I would say it’s a bad idea”

It is conveying the same meaning as “I think” but more 丁寧な

A: I need to ensure that my cats are locked in the house at night. That's easier said than done as cats are nocturnal

A: “They tend to keep their normality” sounds much more natural, and to help with example sentences
“There was a desire to restore normality in the town.”
“Normality is a luxury that most people neglect”
“The alcoholic was aided to a degree of normality.”

A: When I spoke with Jessica about Rachel, she said she is happy with her new car

A: It’s an understatement of the reality.

His performance was disappointing, to say the least.

(It means his performance was truly terrible, but the person didn’t get into saying how terrible. So they understated the reality)

Her sense of of direction is second to none, to say the least.

His cooking skills are amazing, to say the least. He’s a 3 star chef!

His coloring skills are useless, to say the least. He can’t even color inside the lines.

A: They are just two different ways of saying the same thing. Maybe a nuance of ’not sure’ being more neutral whereas ’unsure’ is more like the opposite of being sure.

A: “If I say” implies that you haven’t already said that thing.

“If I say his cooking is bad, would it hurt his feelings?”

“If I said” could go either way.

“If I said his cooking is bad, would it hurt his feelings?”
This also implies that you haven’t said that thing yet.

“So what if I said the food was bad?”
In this context, it implies you DID say that thing already.

A: “Say” means to express something with words.

And “tell” means to give information to a person.

And that’s the most important difference between these two words.

When you use “tell” you must have a person following the verb. It could be a name or a pronoun, but there must be a person following.

“He told me to do it.”

So to help you understand I want to use some examples. So feel free to practice out loud with me while I'm saying these sentences, you'll get some extra speaking practice too as well as a grammar lesson.

“Where are they going? She didn’t say.”

“Where are they going? She didn’t tell me.” (She didn’t give me the information)

Usually when you use “talk” you might add it with a proposition “about”.

“Talk about something.”

“Can I talk with you?”

So this is a little more casual, a little informal, it doesn't sound as important. And if we add “about” we can add some more detail.

“Can we talk about your brother?”

A: You'd is a short form/contraction of "You would"

You'll is a contraction of "You will"

The difference between would and will is difficult to explain and the link below does a better job that I can.

In common usage your sentences are interchangeable. The speaker is upset that I might have broken my promise to play with them.

https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/will-vs-would/#:~:text=Would%20is%20the%20past%20tense,when%20used%20in%20this%20context.

A: what should i say - thinking of what to say
how should i say - thinking of how to deliver the speech OR thinking of how to word sentences

A: 네 맞아요.
He looks exactly the same as you.
He looks exactly like you.
He looks just like you.
다 똑같아요 😊

A: Lamp
Floor lamp

A: 用英语，你可以说 "'How 'do you' say ... ?":
"How do you say this in English?"
你也可以说:
"I don't know 'how to' say this in English."
"Do you know 'how to' say this in English?"
但是你不可以只说 "How to say?"

我希望你能明白我的中文

A: We wouldn't use extremely.

I love you very much.
Extreme: I love you to the moon and back.

A: The sentence uses "was" and "is" to convey a comparison between two different points in time. Let's break it down:

1. **"I wouldn't say he was brilliant"** - Here, "was" is used to describe the person's past level of performance or brilliance. It suggests that, in the past, the person might not have been considered brilliant.

2. **"but he is competent at his job"** - "Is" is used to describe the person's current level of competence. It suggests that, at present, the person is competent in their job.

By using different tenses, the sentence effectively communicates a change or evolution in the person's abilities or performance over time.

A: “‘Ve” is really just pronounced like the letter “v.” “You’ve” and “they’ve” are just pronounced like “you” and “they,” with the “v” sound at the end of them

A: “parallel to” or “IN parallel with”(another way of saying “in addition to”) but never “parallel from”

A: "There is..." just indicates the existence of the thing. It doesn't indicate that the thing is in a particular place.

If you did want to indicate a place, you would say "there" twice:

"There are many people over there"

A fun quirk of English ☺

A: × He said to me "I love you".
✓ He told me that he loves me.