Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
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Määritelmät
Verbit
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- (intransitive) To have a conversation.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (transitive) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes, humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (transitive, archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.
Substantiivit
- language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
- (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.
Esimerkit
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
- I was so surprised I couldn't speak. You're speaking too fast.
- It's been ages since we've spoken.
- He spoke of it in his diary. Speak to me only with your eyes. I just spoke with them on IRC. Actions speak louder than words.
- This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
- He speaks Mandarin fluently.
- And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.
- There he sat, his very indifference speaking a nature in which there lurked no civilized hypocrisies and bland deceits.
- Sorry, I don't speak idiot. So you can program in C. But do you speak C++?
- Make all our trumpets speak.
- [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
- Each village senior paused to scan / And speak the lovely caravan.
- Corporate speak; IT speak
- They speak highly of Peter. Ils parlent de Peter en termes élogieux.
- I speak Chinese.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | spake | Partisiipin perfekti | spoken |
| Partisiipin perfekti | speaked (epävirallinen) | Imperfekti | spoke |
| Imperfekti | spake (vanhahtava) | Imperfekti | speaked (epävirallinen) |
| Partisiipin preesens | speaking | Monikko | speaks |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | speaks | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | speaketh (vanhahtava) |