talk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of talk

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to talk down sb
Participle: talked down sb
Gerund: talking down sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Italk down sb
youtalk down sb
he;she;ittalks down sb
wetalk down sb
youtalk down sb
theytalk down sb

Perfect

Ihave talked down sb
youhave talked down sb
he;she;ithas talked down sb
wehave talked down sb
youhave talked down sb
theyhave talked down sb

Past

Italked down sb
youtalked down sb
he;she;ittalked down sb
wetalked down sb
youtalked down sb
theytalked down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad talked down sb
youhad talked down sb
he;she;ithad talked down sb
wehad talked down sb
youhad talked down sb
theyhad talked down sb

Future

Iwill talk down sb
youwill talk down sb
he;she;itwill talk down sb
wewill talk down sb
youwill talk down sb
theywill talk down sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have talked down sb
youwill have talked down sb
he;she;itwill have talked down sb
wewill have talked down sb
youwill have talked down sb
theywill have talked down sb

Subjunctive

Present

Italk down sb
youtalk down sb
he;she;ittalk down sb
wetalk down sb
youtalk down sb
theytalk down sb

Perfect

Ihave talked down sb
youhave talked down sb
he;she;ithave talked down sb
wehave talked down sb
youhave talked down sb
theyhave talked down sb

Imperfect

Italked down sb
youtalked down sb
he;she;ittalked down sb
wetalked down sb
youtalked down sb
theytalked down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad talked down sb
youhad talked down sb
he;she;ithad talked down sb
wehad talked down sb
youhad talked down sb
theyhad talked down sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould talk down sb
youwould talk down sb
he;she;itwould talk down sb
wewould talk down sb
youwould talk down sb
theywould talk down sb

Perfect

Iwould have talked down sb
youwould have talked down sb
he;she;itwould have talked down sb
wewould have talked down sb
youwould have talked down sb
theywould have talked down sb

Imperative

youtalk down sb
weLet's talk down sb
youtalk down sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam talking down sb
youare talking down sb
he;she;itis talking down sb
weare talking down sb
youare talking down sb
theyare talking down sb

Perfect

Ihave been talking down sb
youhave been talking down sb
he;she;ithas been talking down sb
wehave been talking down sb
youhave been talking down sb
theyhave been talking down sb

Past

Iwas talking down sb
youwere talking down sb
he;she;itwas talking down sb
wewere talking down sb
youwere talking down sb
theywere talking down sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been talking down sb
youhad been talking down sb
he;she;ithad been talking down sb
wehad been talking down sb
youhad been talking down sb
theyhad been talking down sb

Future

Iwill be talking down sb
youwill be talking down sb
he;she;itwill be talking down sb
wewill be talking down sb
youwill be talking down sb
theywill be talking down sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been talking down sb
youwill have been talking down sb
he;she;itwill have been talking down sb
wewill have been talking down sb
youwill have been talking down sb
theywill have been talking down sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be talking down sb
youwould be talking down sb
he;she;itwould be talking down sb
wewould be talking down sb
youwould be talking down sb
theywould be talking down sb

Perfect

Iwould have been talking down sb
youwould have been talking down sb
he;she;itwould have been talking down sb
wewould have been talking down sb
youwould have been talking down sb
theywould have been talking down sb

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'talk'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'talk'

balk, calk, stalk, tack, talc, tale, talke, tank, task, tawk,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to communicate to someone else by means of speech
articulate, babble, blab, chat, chatter, converse, discuss, jabber, quethe, say, speak, verbalize, yammer
To create scandal
gossip
to admit to the truth
acknowledge, admit, assent, avow, beknow, come clean, concede, confess, fess, fess up, front up, make a clean breast, own, own up, shrive, sing, spill one's guts, spill the beans, step forward, tell all, unbosom
communicate
converse, speak, confer, discuss, pronounce, chatter, gossip, harangue

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1225, talken, probably a dim. or frequentative form related to M.E. tale "story," ultimately from the same source as tale (cf. hark from hear, stalk from steal) and replacing that word as a verb. E.Fris. has talken "to talk, chatter, whisper." To talk shop is from 1854. To talk turkey is from 1824, supposedly from an elaborate joke about a swindled Indian. Talking head is from 1968. Talkative is first recorded 1432. To talk back "answer impudently or rudely" is from 1869.
2. From Middle English talken, talkien, from Old English *tealcian (“to talk, chat”), from Proto-West Germanic *talkōn, from Proto-Germanic *talkōną (“to talk, chatter”), frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count, recount, tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, count”), equivalent to tell + -k.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Low German taalken (“to chatter, gossip, talk”). Related also to Bavarian zoin (“to pay”), Cimbrian zaln (“to pay”), Dutch talen (“to care, long; to speak; to say”), German zahlen (“to pay”), Mòcheno zoln (“to pay”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tale (“to talk, speak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish tala (“to speak, talk”), Norwegian Nynorsk tala (“to speak, talk”); also Latin dolus (“deceit, deception, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery; malice; artifice, device, stratagem”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “deceit, trick; wiles; bait”), Armenian տող (toġ, “line (in a text)”). More at tale. Despite the surface similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (“to talk”) (due to Grimm's law), which is the source of loquacious. See: Proto-Germanic '*talōną', Low Saxon 'taalken', Dutch 'talen', German, old spelling 'zahlen', Norwegian, nynorsk 'tala'.

Verbs referencing "talk"

Hawai'i Creole English talk, Tok Pisin tok, Sranan taki, Low Saxon taalken.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] sort o ’ handling. The fellow that was trading for her didn't want her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my blood run cold to think of ’ t; and when they carried off the child, and locked her up, she jest went ravin ’ mad, and died in a week. Clear waste, sir, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The captain being gone, we compose ourselves to read, if the place be light enough; and if not, we doze and talk alternately. At one, a bell rings, and the stewardess comes down with a steaming dish of baked potatoes, and another of roasted apples; and plates of pig 's face, cold ham, salt beef; or perhaps a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ O ! missis, missis, ” said Eliza, “ there's been a trader talking with master in the parlor ! I heard him. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Well, but, missis, _you_ never would give your consent—to—to — ” “ Nonsense, child ! to be sure, I should n't. What do you talk so for ? I would as soon have one of my own children sold. But really, Eliza, you are getting altogether too proud of that little fellow. A man can't put his nose into the door, but you think he [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • He was waited upon over the factory, shown the machinery by George, who, in high spirits, talked so fluently, held himself so erect, looked so handsome and manly, that his master began to feel an uneasy consciousness of inferiority. What business had his slave to be marching round the country, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ O, George ! George ! you frighten me ! Why, I never heard you talk so; I 'm afraid you'll do something dreadful. I don't wonder at your feelings, at all; but oh, do be careful—do, do—for my sake—for Harry's ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] fever; in four weeks became deaf; in a few weeks more, blind; in six months, dumb. He showed his anxious sense of this last deprivation, by often feeling the lips of other persons when they were talking, and then putting his hand upon his own, as if to assure himself that he had them in the right position. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Wife, you talk like a fool ! Really, it will be something pretty awkward for me, if she is. Haley saw that I hesitated about selling this child, and he'll think I connived at it, to get him out of the way. It [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] She sent me to see why Lizy didn't come to dress her; and when I telled her she was off, she jest ris up, and ses she, ‘The Lord be praised; ’ and Mas’r, he seemed rael mad, and ses he, ‘Wife, you talk like a fool. ’ But Lor ! she'll bring him to ! I knows well enough how that'll be,—it's allers best to stand Missis ’ side the fence, now I tell yer. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] pockets and stares at you, if you chance to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If you say ‘No, ’ he says ‘Yes ? ’ (interrogatively [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • -Let's have this talk once and for all. -Can you go out ? -We have talked about this a thousand times. -Please. (Another End)
  • What are you talking about ? How dare you ? (Gladiator Underground)
  • [ footsteps thudding ] [intercom ringing] -Can I talk to you ? -Of course. (Stalker Jane)
  • Hard not having anyone to talk to. I miss talking to you too. (Sweet Dreams)
  • Oh, you wanted to keep talking about it ? Yeah. The-the game right? (Tomorrow, You Pretty Ghost)