| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /spiːk/ |
| Hyphenation | speak |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑒 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑅𐐹𐐨𐐿 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) speak | (I) spoke |
| (thou) speakest | (thou) spokest |
| (he) speaks, speaketh | (he) spoke |
| (we) speak | (we) spoke |
| (you) speak | (you) spoke |
| (they) speak | (they) spoke |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) speak | (I) spoke |
| (thou) speak | (thou) spoke |
| (he) speak | (he) spoke |
| (we) speak | (we) spoke |
| (you) speak | (you) spoke |
| (they) speak | (they) spoke |
| Imperative mood | |
| speak | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| speaking | spoken |
| Afrikaans | praat; spreek |
|---|---|
| Albanian | flas |
| Catalan | parlar |
| Chinook Jargon | wawa |
| Czech | hovořit; mluvit; promluvit |
| Danish | tale |
| Dutch | praten; spreken |
| English (Old English) | acweþan; cweþan; specan; sprecan |
| Esperanto | paroli |
| Faeroese | tosa |
| Finnish | puhua |
| French | parler |
| German | reden; sprechen |
| Hawaiian | ʻōlelo |
| Hungarian | beszél |
| Icelandic | spjalla; tala |
| Italian | parlare |
| Jamaican Patois | taak |
| Latin | loquere; loqui; orare |
| Low German | snakken; pråten; küren; readen; spreaken; kallen |
| Luxemburgish | schwätzen |
| Malay | bicara |
| Norwegian | tale; snake; prate |
| Papiamento | papia |
| Polish | mówić |
| Portuguese | falar |
| Romanian | discuta; vorbi |
| Russian | говорить |
| Saterland Frisian | spreeke |
| Scots | speak |
| Scottish Gaelic | bruidhinn; labhair |
| Spanish | hablar |
| Sranan | taki; taygi |
| Swahili | ‐sema |
| Swedish | tala |
| Thai | พูด |
| West Frisian | prate |