No. 732 in Lithuanian
sakyti
"To say" or "to tell."
In a sentence
Aš noriu pasakyti tau svarbią žinią.
I want to tell you an important piece of news.
In this sentence, "pasakyti" means "to tell" or "to say," indicating the action of conveying information to someone.
Ką tu sakai apie šį sprendimą?
What do you say about this decision?
Here, "sakai" is in its present tense and means "do you say," reflecting the act of giving one's opinion.
Vaikai išmoko sakyti komplimentus draugams.
The children learned to say compliments to their friends.
"Sakyti" here is used in the infinitive form to mean "to say," specifically referring to expressing verbal gestures.
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