| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /seɪ̯/ |
| Hyphenation | say |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑱 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑅𐐩 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) say | (I) said /sɛd/ |
| (thou) sayest | (thou) saidst, saidest |
| (he) says, sayeth | (he) said /sɛd/ |
| (we) say | (we) said |
| (you) say | (you) said |
| (they) say | (they) said |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) say | (I) said |
| (thou) say | (thou) said /sɛd/ |
| (he) say | (he) said |
| (we) say | (we) said |
| (you) say | (you) said |
| (they) say | (they) said |
| Imperative mood | |
| say | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| saying | said |
| Afrikaans | sê |
|---|---|
| Catalan | dir |
| Czech | říkat |
| Danish | sige |
| Dutch | zeggen |
| English (Old English) | cweþan |
| Esperanto | diri |
| 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; cakap; ucap; tutur; berkata |
| Norwegian | si |
| Papiamento | bisa |
| Polish | mówić |
| Portuguese | dizer |
| Romanian | spune |
| Russian | говорить; сказать |
| Saterland Frisian | kweede; ärwääne; tälle |
| Scots | say |
| Scottish Gaelic | abair; can |
| Spanish | decir |
| Sranan | taki |
| Swahili | ‐sema |
| Swedish | säga |
| Thai | กล่าว; ว่า; พูด |
| Turkish | demek; söylemek |
| West Frisian | sizze |
| Yiddish | זאָגן |