talk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of talk

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtalk sth down
weLet's talk sth down
youtalk sth down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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