No. 391 in Ukrainian
сказати
"Сказати" means "to say" or "to tell" in English.
In a sentence
Він сказав, що буде допомагати.
He said that he will help.
In this sentence, the word 'сказати' is used as the past tense verb 'сказав', meaning 'said', to indicate reporting speech.
Скажи мені правду, будь ласка.
Tell me the truth, please.
Here, 'сказать' is in the imperative and informal form 'Скажи', used to instruct or request someone to share something.
Що я можу сказати в такій ситуації?
What can I say in such a situation?
In this case, 'сказати' is in the infinitive form, meaning 'to say', referring to the potential or hypothetical action of speaking in a particular context.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “сказати” in actual Ukrainian podcasts.
Find “сказати” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Ukrainian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into українська, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Ukrainian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).