Мои примеры
Словосочетания
the clock says five minutes after twelve — часы показывают пять минут первого 
hold the says equally — судить беспристрастно
the letter says — в письме говорится
he says one thing now another — говорит то одно, то другое
when anyone comes she says to them — когда кто-нибудь приходит, она ему говорит
it says in the book — в книге говорится
the law says… — закон гласит… по закону…
the telegram says — в телеграмме сказано; телеграмма гласит
take it from me that he means what he says — поверьте мне, к тому, что он говорит, надо отнестись серьёзно
you may take it from me that he means what he says — поверьте мне, к тому, что он говорит, надо отнестись серьёзно
Примеры с переводом
Don’t believe a word he says.
Не верь ни одному его слову.
Фразовые глаголы
Возможные однокоренные слова
say — говорить, сказать, утверждать, слово, мнение, высказывание, влияние
saying — поговорка, присказка, присловье
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#1
Hello Everybody!
I wonder how do you pronounce «says»? that’s right «says», Because, I thought It was just like «say» but with an «S» at the end of it, or like 6 in Spanish (seis), but I heard an English teacher with another pronunciation, like «ces» just like cell but with an «S» for the «ll» instead, or send but without the «nd» and an «S» instead, so I’m Confussed now. I bet I confussed you with the sounds explanation, but It’s hard to me spelling sounds like you do, of course without the IPA symbols
So the question for all the English Speakers How is properly said «says»?
I hope you can help
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#2
Hi,
As an AE speaker, I generally pronounce «says» like SEZ (rhyming with «fez»: short e).
Joelline
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#3
In BE it is also pronounced SEZ.
LRV
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#4
I also pronounce it sez (same e sound as in bed), but I have a tape of an English doctor (I don’t know what part of England) who pronounces it saze (or as you said, like say with a z sound on the end).
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#5
i say it saze/say with an s it sounds more proper doesnt it
sez sounds really slangy
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#6
i say it saze/say with an s it sounds more proper doesnt it
sez sounds really slangy
Welcome to the forum, elextro987!
It may be simply a regional difference, but it would sound distinctly odd to me to hear «says» pronounced as «say» with a «z» (or «s») sound at the end.
Both pronunciations are used in American English, according to Merriam-Webster, but I can’t say that I’ve heard it more than a few times in my life from a U.S. native.
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#7
The most common pronunciation is /sez/ rhyming with fez, but the original pronunciation, still heard in Oxfordshire and southern Blighty, is /seiz/, rhyming with days.
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#8
BE, we use both, «saze» I think is a lot more common over there than in America, but generally as the others have said, it’s «sez»
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#9
It often depends on the speed of delivery and whether or not there is elision and emphasis.
He says it’s fine /sez/
So that is what he says (with ‘that and ‘says’ as the tonic syllables) /seiz/
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#10
I say /sez/.
I had a mate from Lancashire who said /seyz/.
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#11
It is /seiz/ and the proof is that in London they say /saiz/.
—
But «said» is /sed/ this is true.
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#12
The only people I have ever heard saying «saze» are from the north of England. You can’t go wrong anywhere with «sez».
Even if I were overpronouncing to make a point I would still use «sez».
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#13
It may be simply a regional difference, but it would sound distinctly odd to me to hear «says» pronounced as «say» with a «z» (or «s») sound at the end.
Hi,
I agree with the above quote. I would find it very strange to hear it pronounced like that. (as in rhyming with maze…)
I have never heard someone say it like that. None of my peers, teachers, family, nor I say it like that.
Hope it helps!
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#14
I do, but as Tom Spinera says /seiz/, I’m from the N of E. Good observation Tom
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#15
I have never heard says as say + z, only as «sez». Same vowel as «said» and «bed».
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#16
In fact, I have seen «says» purposely written «sez» by authors writing dialogue (Pynchon, for one).
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#17
I have never heard says as say + z, only as «sez». Same vowel as «said» and «bed».
«Said» it’s the same case, Since «say» is pronounce «Say» non-natives might think that «said» is pronounced «say + d» but it’s not!, it is «Sed» just like «bed», since there are people who actually say «say + z» or «Saze», Now I wonder if there are people who also say «Say + d» or «Sade»?
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#18
Here’s a summary of what I think we’ve got so far:
Long «a» sound: pay, pays, paid, lay, lays, laid, say.
Short «e» sound: said.
Short «e» sound except in certain locales (e.g. Northern England): says.
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#19
I’m wondering if «says» pronounced regularly («say» + z) is due to Scots influence or if «says» pronounced irregularly («sez») is an innovation due to French influence in the London, Sussex, etc.
Does anywhere besides northern England use the regular pronunciation?
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#20
In fact, I have seen «says» purposely written «sez» by authors writing dialogue (Pynchon, for one).
But at this point, is it not true that you have no way of knowing whether Pynchon was using eye-dialect (using a nonstandard spelling, such as lissen, of a standard pronunciation) or pronunciation spelling (phonetically representing a pronunciation which is objectively different from his own)? In other words, the fact that Pynchon uses the spelling sez for a character is no guarantee that Pynchon himself does not pronounce says as «sez.»
The same is true of people who write wuz for was. It’s necessary to do some research to determine whether the people who use such a spelling are writing eye dialect or simply using a pronunciation spelling.
I expect the vast majority of native speakers of English who say «sez» for says and «wuz» for was would be offended to find their speech quoted using those spellings—-I pronounce them that way and I would certainly be offended—which is why I would always recommend sez and wuz be avoided.
Upon reconsideration: It occurs to me that by pointing out the use of sez in dialogue, you may simply have been pointing out that someone, somewhere, pronounces says that way, which is, of course, true. My message was written based upon the idea that you may have thought Pynchon (and the other writers who use sez) did not themselves pronounce says that way, an assumption on my part that may well be incorrect.
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#21
I’m wondering if «says» pronounced regularly («say» + z) is due to Scots influence or if «says» pronounced irregularly («sez») is an innovation due to French influence in the London, Sussex, etc.
Does anywhere besides northern England use the regular pronunciation?
I don’t know what influences have been at work on the pronunciation of this word, but I do think it is misleading to call /seyz/ the regular pronunciation, as it is clearly neither the majority pronunciation nor the one recommended by the prescriptivists.
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#22
I don’t know what influences have been at work on the pronunciation of this word, but I do think it is misleading to call /seyz/ the regular pronunciation, as it is clearly neither the majority pronunciation nor the one recommended by the prescriptivists.
By
regular
pronunciation I mean the one that follows the pronunciation rule of most verbs. In particular, the rule of simply adding a z sound to an infinitive that ends in a vowel. The verbs that follow the rule outnumber those that don’t (pays, stays, lays, prays, preys, overlays, etc.).
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#23
It also depends on the person, his or her background, etc.
I speak a mix of AusE and NZE and I use «saze» but a friend (Australian-born, Scottish mother) found this absolutely hilarious and somewhat strange.
I think most people in Australia use «sez» so maybe I’m just a bit odd. And I have no idea why I pronounce it differently to other people either.
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#24
If you go to the WRF dictionary entry for «says» and click on ‘US’ or ‘UK’ after Listen, you can hear it pronounced.
Loob
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#25
Generally pronounced like sez, rhymes with pez, right?
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#27
Thanks, shiawasena gaijin.
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#28
That’s how I pronounce it here across the Atlantic Ocean, Gursea.
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#29
gurseal said:
Generally pronounced like sez, rhymes with pez, right?
ewie said:
That’s how I pronounce it here across the Atlantic Ocean, Gursea.
I’m confused. I always thought pez, a 19th century variant of peas, was pronounced in the same way as the current peas.
But on the point; says rhymes with bays, days, jays, lays, pays, rays and ways.
Cagey
post mod (English Only / Latin)
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#31
The WR Dictionary‘s audio clips of the AmE and BrE pronunciations of says sound very alike to me, and are similar to my pronunciation of pez.
Merriam-Webster has two pronunciations of says, one as above, and a second that resembles Panjandrum’s description. It does not identify them by dialect.
Perhaps a BrE speaker will tell us how accurate these are.
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#32
My says rhymes with «fez», and not with «days»….
(I don’t know how to say «pez», except in Spanish.)
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#33
Some English people pronounce says to rhyme with days , but the commoner pronunciation is that it rhymes with fez.
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#34
It always rhymes with with fez here.
The only time I’ve heard it rhymed with days, ways, etc., is for poetic effect, or by non-native speakers (I’m in no way suggesting that panjandrum falls into the latter category! )
elroy
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#35
My says rhymes with fez, and the other pronunciation sounds non-native to me, too. Is that the common pronunciation in Ireland?
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#36
My says rhymes with fez, and the other pronunciation sounds non-native to me, too. Is that the common pronunciation in Ireland?
Both are used — and on reflection, I suspect that sez, like fez, is the more common version.
It depends on the speaker, the context, and the significance of says in the sentence.
Last edited: Aug 31, 2008
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#37
Generally pronounced like sez, rhymes with pez, right?
I must have done a poor job of searching for an existing thread on this topic, but I did search. Honest.
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#38
I found the previous thread the «easy» way, gurseal — by putting pronunciation says into Dictionary Look-up at the top of the page and choosing the English definition dictionary…
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#39
I knew a bloke from Oldham (near Manchester, England) whose «says» rhymed with «days». He pulled me up for pronouncing it «sez» (but to no avail, as I still say it that way ).
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#40
I find this a very interesting debate. I was brought up in the City of York, in the North of England and have always said «says» to rhyme with «days», taught by both my mother (who was an elocution teacher) and also by teachers at school.
To use «sez» as a pronunciation of «says» was considered vulgar and slang. To my ears «sez» sounds extremely coarse.
I think much of this has to do with differences in generations. If you ask many people in this country to pronounce «says», those of retirement age and above will use «says» to rhyme with «days». Those who are younger will generally say «sez». As has previously been stated, there are also probably geographical influences as well as those relating to class. It is hard to imagine Winston Churchill, Noel Coward or Queen Mary, or any of the wartime BBC anouncers, such as John Snagge or Alvar Liddell, using «sez».
So if you want to sound like Eliza Doolittle before the transformation use «sez», if you want to be passed off as a duchess use «says» to «rhyme» with «days»!
Keith
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#41
Queen Mary probably had a footman to say it for her
Welcome to the forum, Keith
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#42
Normally sez, but when there is real emphasis, e.g «he SAYS that he is going to do it, but ……..(I have my doubts)», it could become closer to «saze». In Cockney or Brummie
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as I was saying, in Cockney or Brummie, closer to «size» (as in pies)
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#43
espider… I agree, I was going to say it is more like «sayz», which is probably the same pronunciation as what you put «saze».
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#44
Alex Murphy
being a Woolyback from Rock Ferry, I fully understand from your profile that your mother tongue is Martian! I can also hear in my head a (true) Scouser emphasising «sez» and coming out with «saze».
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#45
I find this a very interesting debate. I was brought up in the City of York, in the North of England and have always said «says» to rhyme with «days», taught by both my mother (who was an elocution teacher) and also by teachers at school.
To use «sez» as a pronunciation of «says» was considered vulgar and slang. To my ears «sez» sounds extremely coarse.
I think much of this has to do with differences in generations. If you ask many people in this country to pronounce «says», those of retirement age and above will use «says» to rhyme with «days». Those who are younger will generally say «sez». As has previously been stated, there are also probably geographical influences as well as those relating to class. It is hard to imagine Winston Churchill, Noel Coward or Queen Mary, or any of the wartime BBC anouncers, such as John Snagge or Alvar Liddell, using «sez».
So if you want to sound like Eliza Doolittle before the transformation use «sez», if you want to be passed off as a duchess use «says» to «rhyme» with «days»!
Keith
/seiz/ is a speak-as-you-spell pronunciation.
/sez/ is the traditional pronunciation of ‘says’.
It has the same vowel in Received Pronunciation as ‘said’.
See Daniel Jones «English Pronouncing Dictionary«.
The archaic thou form ‘saith’ was also pronounced with same vowel as ‘said’.
It would be very interesting to find recordings of Churchill or Coward where they use the word. My money is on /sez/.
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#46
Thank you for the welcome ewie!
I find this very odd. I feel as though I have woken up in a parallel universe (must be the hadron collider!). I have still to find any one over the age of sixty five who would use ‘sez’ rather than ‘sayze’ and they are not all northerners! A lady I know who grew up in north London before the war, and who speaks with what would now be considered a ‘well to do’ clipped accent, was quite horrified to think she might say «sez»! I only became aware of its use on the BBC from the mid 1990’s.
Some where I have an lp of Sir Winston reading his wartime speaches. I’ll dig it out and see (or hear!) what he uses. Similarly I have Noel Coward singing his songs but he might have changed words to rhyme.
Sez still feels very uncomfortable to say — much along the lines of ‘innit’ — argh!
Keith
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#47
Well I kind of don’t see the point of this discussion, I mean obviously there are two ways (accents aside) that people say this word, like «neither and neither» (NEEEther.. NIIIIther) or plenty of other examples.
The answer is there are two ways, I mean we can accept that people with accents say things differently, this is just something a bit more common.
If there is a person that says (no pun intended) it one way and another a different way now, why would it have been different 60 years ago?
Winston Churchill isn’t the leader on perfect pronunciation either, (I don’t mean that in a bad way, but I just mean drawing comparisons from certain people doesn’t draw a conclusion) .. because back then I imagine it would have been said differently.
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#48
Not wanting to annoy Mr Murphy (which I would hate to do), I would like to add that I have found two recordings which give an example of the pronunciaton of ‘says’ in the 1940’s.
One example is Alvar Lidell reading the news, the other is an unnamed BBC reporter. In both instances they pronounce ‘says’ as «serrz» and not the blunt ‘sez’ of today.
I’ll go and hide in a corner now and shut up!
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#49
Serrz, Keith? Do you mean like sirs?
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#50
Hello ewie,
almost like sirs, but not quite. Something like across between sirs and sars!
I couldn’t find an instance of Churchill unfortunately, although it might have been difficult to decipher through his speech impediment anyway.
Keith
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I’ve noticed many non-native speakers mix up the pronunciations of these words. The vowel in SAY is not the same as the vowel in SAYS.
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In this pronunciation video, you’re going to learn how to avoid some common mistakes in pronouncing words related to the word ‘say’.
The verb ‘to say’: I say, you say, we say, they say, has the ‘ay’ as in ‘say’ diphthong: ay, ay, say. But, in the third person, you add an S, and the diphthong changes to the EH vowel. He says, she says. So here it is the ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ sound, and the final S is pronounced as a Z. He says, she says, I say. The EH vowel is also used in the past tense of the word: said.
So it is the S sound, the ‘eh’ as in ‘bed’ vowel, and the D sound. Said, said: I said, you said, he said, she said, we said, they said. So, make sure you avoid saying like ‘he says’: No, in that case, it changes to the EH sound. He says. That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.
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