Synonyms: relate, narrate, recount
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /tɛl/ |
| Hyphenation | tell |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑑𐑧𐑤 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) tell | (I) told |
| (thou) tellest | (thou) toldst, toldest |
| (he) tells, telleth | (he) told |
| (we) tell | (we) told |
| (you) tell | (you) told |
| (they) tell | (they) told |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) tell | (I) told |
| (thou) tell | (thou) told |
| (he) tell | (he) told |
| (we) tell | (we) told |
| (you) tell | (you) told |
| (they) tell | (they) told |
| Imperative mood | |
| tell | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| telling | told |
| Afrikaans | vertel |
|---|---|
| Catalan | contar |
| Czech | povídat; vyprávět; vypravovat |
| Danish | fortælle |
| Dutch | verhalen; vertellen |
| Esperanto | rakonti |
| Faeroese | greiða frá; siga frá |
| Finnish | kertoa |
| French | conter; raconter |
| German | erzählen |
| Hungarian | elmond |
| Icelandic | segja; segja frá |
| Italian | raccontare |
| Jamaican Patois | tel |
| Latin | narrare |
| Low German | vertellen; vortellen |
| Norwegian | fortelle |
| Polish | opowiadać |
| Portuguese | contar; descrever; narrar |
| Romanian | istorisi; nara; povesti |
| Saterland Frisian | fertälle; tälle |
| Scots | tell |
| Scottish Gaelic | innis |
| Spanish | contar |
| Sranan | fruteri |
| Swedish | berätta |
| Thai | เล่า |
| Turkish | anlatmak |
| West Frisian | fertelle |