Say o Tell? Isang karaniwang mali

Kahulugan

• Aling pangungusap ang tama? → She told me a joke.

Transcript

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1. 0:00Say focuses on the words someone said,Ang say ay nakatuon sa mga salitang sinabi ng isang tao,
2. 0:02and tell focuses more on the message of what someone said.at ang tell ay mas nakatuon sa mensahe ng sinabi niya.
3. 0:06“Hello,” she said.“Hello,” sabi niya.
4. 0:08Notice: not “Hello,” she told.Pansinin: hindi “Hello,” she told.
5. 0:10He told me that he was going on holiday.Sinabi niya sa akin na magbabakasyon siya.
6. 0:13Notice the focus is on the information.Pansinin: ang diin ay nasa impormasyon.
7. 0:16We use tell with words such as truth,Ginagamit natin ang tell sa mga salitang tulad ng katotohanan,
8. 0:18a lie, a joke and a story.kasinungalingan, biro at kuwento.
9. 0:21You should always tell the truth.Dapat lagi kang magsabi ng totoo.
10. 0:23Notice we don't say “say the truth,” but “tell the truth.”Pansinin: hindi natin sinasabing “say the truth” kundi “tell the truth”.
11. 0:28Say does not take an indirect object.Walang indirect object ang say.
12. 0:31Instead, we use a phrase with “to”:Sa halip, gumagamit tayo ng parirala na may “to”:
13. 0:33And then she said to me, “Come this way.”At sinabi niya sa akin, “Dito tayo.”
14. 0:36Not “And then she said me.”Hindi “And then she said me.”

Mabilis na quiz

1. Tanong 1 sa 2

   Aling pangungusap ang tama?

   AShe told me a joke.BShe spoke me a joke.CShe talked me a joke.DShe said me a joke.

2. Tanong 2 sa 2

   Anong pandiwa ang ginagamit natin sa “the truth”, “a lie” at “a story”?

   AspeakBtalkCtellDsay