talk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of talk

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)