| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | dir·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | diras |
| Past tense | diris |
| Future tense | diros |
| Conditional mood | |
| dirus | |
| Afrikaans | sê |
|---|---|
| Catalan | dir |
| Czech | povědět; povídat; říci; říkat |
| Danish | sige |
| Dutch | zeggen |
| English | say |
| English (Old English) | cweþan; gesecgan |
| Faeroese | siga |
| Finnish | sanoa |
| French | dire |
| German | sagen |
| Hungarian | mond; szól |
| Icelandic | segja |
| Italian | dire |
| Jamaican Patois | se |
| Latin | dicere |
| Low German | seggen |
| Malay | kata; berkata; cakap; tutur; ucap |
| Norwegian | si |
| Papiamento | bisa |
| Polish | powiedzieć; mówić |
| Portuguese | dizer; proferir |
| Romanian | spune |
| Russian | говорить; сказать; молвить |
| Saterland Frisian | ärwääne; kweede; tälle |
| Scots | say |
| Scottish Gaelic | abair; can |
| Spanish | decir |
| Sranan | taki; taygi |
| Swahili | ‐sema; ‐ambia |
| Swedish | säga |
| Thai | กล่าว; บอก; ว่า; พูด |
| Turkish | demek; söylemek |
| West Frisian | sizze |
| Yiddish | זאָגן |