 Say and tell: Troublesome Irregular Verbs.
Hello my friends:
My students (XI graders: Spanish speakers) still have faulty constructions with "say and tell", as in Spanish "decir y contar" are similar.
For example: One student when writing a story expressed "I said to my friend: "He is a nice boy, and I like him"."- She should have said "I told my friend."
I continue hammering on the difference; it is -tell- when you address somebody with something. It is when you "tell" somebody anything; and "say" is just "mentioning", "expressing" anything without addressing to any particular subject.
Can you illustrate the way to address this matter in an undestandable way?
Thanks so much in advance,
Edgarius |