dit

In a sentence

• Il m'a dit qu'il viendra demain.

  He told me that he will come tomorrow.

  Here, 'dit' is the past participle of 'dire' used in a compound tense, passé composé, to indicate what someone told in the past.

• Elle dit toujours la vérité.

  She always tells the truth.

  In this case, 'dit' is the present tense of 'dire', indicating an action that happens regularly or is a general truth.

• Ce proverbe dit qu'il ne faut pas remettre à demain ce qu'on peut faire aujourd'hui.

  This saying states that one should not put off until tomorrow what can be done today.

  Here, 'dit' conveys the meaning of stating or communicating a message, used in the context of a proverb in the present tense.