říkal

In a sentence

• Petr říkal, že zítra přijde na návštěvu.

  Petr said that he will come to visit tomorrow.

  Here, 'říkal' is used as the past tense to indicate what Petr stated or reported.

• Říkal jsi, že tam půjdeš, tak co se stalo?

  You said you would go there, so what happened?

  In this sentence, 'říkal' is used to refer to something that was mentioned or promised in the past by the second person.

• Říkal mi, že tě dlouho neviděl.

  He told me that he hasn't seen you in a long time.

  Here, 'říkal' conveys the act of telling or informing from a third-person subject to the speaker.