talk – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of talk

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtalk through sth
weLet's talk through sth
youtalk through sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)