Information about the word speak (English → Esperanto: paroli)

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/spiːk/
Hyphenationspeak
Shavian alphabet𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑒
Deseret alphabet𐑅𐐹𐐨𐐿

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) speak(I) spoke /spəʊ̯k/, spake /speɪ̯k/
(thou) speakest(thou) spokest, spakest
(he) speaks, speaketh(he) spoke /spəʊ̯k/, spake /speɪ̯k/
(we) speak(we) spoke, spake
(you) speak(you) spoke, spake
(they) speak(they) spoke, spake
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) speak (I) spoke, spake
(thou) speak(thou) spoke /spəʊ̯k/, spake /speɪ̯k/
(he) speak(he) spoke, spake
(we) speak(we) spoke, spake
(you) speak(you) spoke, spake
(they) speak(they) spoke, spake
Imperative mood
speak
Participles
Present participlePast participle
speakingspoken /ˈspəʊ̯k(ə)n/

Usage samples

Rand was too tired, too stunned, to speak.

Translations

Afrikaanspraat; spreek
Albanianflas
Catalanparlar
Czechhovořit; mluvit; promluvit
Danishtale
Dutchspreken; praten
English (Old English)acweþan; cweþan; specan; sprecan
Esperantoparoli
Faeroesetosa
Finnishpuhua
Frenchparler
Germanreden; sprechen
Hawaiianʻōlelo
Hungarianbeszél
Icelandicspjalla; tala
Italianparlare
Jamaican Patoistaak
Latinloquere; loqui; orare
Low Germansnakken; spreaken
Luxemburgishschwätzen
Malaybicara
Norwegianprate; snake; tale
Papiamentopapia
Polishmówić
Portuguesefalar
Romaniandiscuta; vorbi
Russianговорить
Saterland Frisianspreeke
Scotsspeak
Scottish Gaelicbruidhinn; labhair
Spanishhablar
Sranantaki; taygi
Swahili‐sema
Swedishtala
Tagalogmagsalitâ
Thaiพูด
Ukrainianговорити
West Frisianprate