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dire

to say/to tell

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The Italian verb dire (to say/to tell)

Is a irregular verb belonging to the 3rd conjugation (-ire). It uses the auxiliary verb avere in compound tenses with an invariable past participle (detto).

Coniugazioni

Presente(present)

Io	dico	I say/tell
Tu	dici	you say/tell
Lui/Lei	dice	he/she says/tells
Noi	diciamo	we say/tell
Voi	dite	you all say/tell
Loro	dicono	they say/tell

Passato Prossimo(present perfect)

Io	ho detto	I have said/told
Tu	hai detto	you have said/told
Lui/Lei	ha detto	he/she has said/told
Noi	abbiamo detto	we have said/told
Voi	avete detto	you all have said/told
Loro	hanno detto	they have said/told

Imperfetto(imperfect)

Io	dicevo	I said / used to say
Tu	dicevi	you said / used to say
Lui/Lei	diceva	he/she said / used to say
Noi	dicevamo	we said / used to say
Voi	dicevate	you all said / used to say
Loro	dicevano	they said / used to say

Futuro Semplice(simple future)

Io	dirò	I will say/tell
Tu	dirai	you will say/tell
Lui/Lei	dirà	he/she will say/tell
Noi	diremo	we will say/tell
Voi	direte	you all will say/tell
Loro	diranno	they will say/tell

Futuro Composto(future perfect)

Io	avrò detto	I will have said/told
Tu	avrai detto	you will have said/told
Lui/Lei	avrà detto	he/she will have said/told
Noi	avremo detto	we will have said/told
Voi	avrete detto	you all will have said/told
Loro	avranno detto	they will have said/told

Condizionale(conditional)

Io	direi	I would say/tell
Tu	diresti	you would say/tell
Lui/Lei	direbbe	he/she would say/tell
Noi	diremmo	we would say/tell
Voi	direste	you all would say/tell
Loro	direbbero	they would say/tell

Trapassato Prossimo(past perfect)

Io	avevo detto	I had said/told
Tu	avevi detto	you had said/told
Lui/Lei	aveva detto	he/she had said/told
Noi	avevamo detto	we had said/told
Voi	avevate detto	you all had said/told
Loro	avevano detto	they had said/told

Passato Remoto(past historic)

Io	dissi	I said/told
Tu	dicesti	you said/told
Lui/Lei	disse	he/she said/told
Noi	dicemmo	we said/told
Voi	diceste	you all said/told
Loro	dissero	they said/told

Esempi d'uso (Indicativo)

"Ti dico sempre la verità."

I always tell you the truth.

"Cosa hai detto a Marco?"

What did you say to Marco?

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