Grammer question? When do you use say or said?

Question

I keep getting confused with those two. I think "say" is present form and past tense is "said" So if that's true, do you still need to add "s" to "saids" to mean 1st person singular past tense?

What is the plural for "say"?

Answer 1

say is future and said is past. no don't use an s after said. ever

Answer 2

You never need to add an 's' to the end of said. It's one of those oddball words- kinda like moose. One moose, two moose. They said, I said.
The word 'say' is a little more confusing, but you never use it as a past tense. 'What did she say?' is still present tense. I know it's confusing, but I hope this helped out a little. Check for Grammar rules online. I found a website last year which had all of the grammatical rules, but I don't remember the site. Just type 'rules of grammar' or 'grammar rules' into your browser.

Answer 3

Say is the present, and said is the past. You don't add an s onto said ever. You would only add an s to say using third person singular.

I say we go to the mall. He says we go to the movies.
Yesterday, I said we should go to the mall. He said we should go to the movies.

Answer 4

Said is past tense. don't ever add an s to the end.

Answer 5

Yes, "say" is present tense & said is past tense & there's no such word as "saids."

Answer 6

First off, it's grammar not grammer. Secondly, the previous posters got it right. He says or he said, but no one saids.

Answer 7

Say is present and said is past.

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No, no S after said, EVER!.

Answer 8

All verbs have six forms by name. Let me show you all forms of verb to say, to go and to be.

1. The base form: For most verbs, the base form is the first form, for example, “say” and “go”, but for verb to be, it is "be." "Be" here is not the first form.

2. The first form or the present tense, for example, “say,” “go,” but for verb to be, they are “am” and “are.”

3. The second form or the past tense, for example, “said,” “went,” and for verb to be, they are “was” and “were.”

4. The third form or the past participle, for example, “said” (this repeats the second form), “gone,” and “been.”

5. The –s form or the third person singular present form of a verb, for example, “says,” “goes,” and “is.”

6. The –ing form or the present participle, for example “saying,” “going,” and “being.”

You have to learn how to use each of these forms. I’ll give some example for verb to say.

“Say” as the base form will be used with omitted “you” in command, for example, “Say it out.” It is also used after some auxiliary verb, for example, will say, can say, may say, might say, should say, have to say, etc. Say here used after “to” will form an infinitive, as in, "to say." “To say” in this case is not working as a verb, but as a noun, an adjective or an adverb.

“Say” as the first form will be used with only “I, you, they, we,” and “other third person plural nouns” to express present simple tense. This tense is used to show a fact, habit, or regular action and not what you are doing at the moment of speaking, for example, “You say this all the time.”

“Says” as the –s form will be used with only he, she, it, and other third person singular to express present simple tense, for example, “He says this all the time.”

“Said” as the second form can be used with all personal pronouns and nouns to express past simple tense, for example, “He said it yesterday,” “They said it yesterday.”

“Said” as the third form can be used with all personal pronouns and nouns but after verb to have, for example, “I have said that,” “He has said that.” “She had said that before she came here.

“Saying” as a verb in –ing form can be used with all personal pronouns and nouns but after the auxiliary verb “be,” for example, “I am saying it now,” “He is saying it now,” “She has been saying this many times.”

The –ing form of a verb can be used also as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb, for example, “He looked out the window saying (adv.) something to himself,” Swimming (n.) is good for health. The girl laughing (adj.) is my sister.

Answer 9

"Say" is used for present tense and future tense.

I say. You say. We say. They say. He/She says.
I will say. You will say. We will say. They say. He/She says.

"Said" is for past tense.

I said. You said. We said. They said. He/She said.

"Saids" is not a word. Also, you misspelled "grammar".

Answer 10

Present Tense
I say
You say
He/She/It says
We say
You say
They say

Past Tense
I said
You said
He/She/It said
We said
You said
They said

You only add s to NOUNS to pluralize, not verbs.