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What's the difference between "parler" and "dire"?
Jan 25, 2018 12:20 PM
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Hello Анна,
parler = to speak, to talk
dire = to say, to tell
A few examples:
Je sais parler le français. I can speak French.
De quoi parles-tu? What are you talking about?
Je ne comprends pas ce qu'il dit. I don't understand what he says.
Elle m'a dit de partir. She told me to leave.
Hope this helps!
Micha.
January 25, 2018
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Anna,
pour compléter et faire le parallèle avec le Russe, c'est un des rares couples de verbes qui ressemblent beaucoup au couple imperfectif/perfectif en russe:
parler/dire: говорить / сказать
chercher/trouver: искать / найти
January 25, 2018
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