| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | dir·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | diras |
| Past tense | diris |
| Future tense | diros |
| Conditional mood | |
| dirus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| diru | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | diranta | dirata |
| Past tense | dirinta | dirita |
| Future tense | dironta | dirota |
| ? | |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sê; vertel |
| Dutch | zeggen; opgeven; spreken; vertellen |
| English | say; tell |
| French | dire |
| German | sagen |
| Jamaican Patois | se; tel |
| Papiamento | bisa |
| Russian | говорить |
| Scots | tell |
| Spanish | decir |
| Swahili | ‐sema |
| Welsh | meddai; dweud |
| West Frisian | sizze |