talk

«talk» in Mova's school dictionary: learning to talk." — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (talk, talks, talked, talking); noun (a talk, talks; talk)

meaning for a pupil

1) To say words; to speak: "The baby is learning to talk." tree →

2) To have a conversation: "We talked for hours." tree →

3) To discuss: "Let's talk about it." tree →

4) As a noun, a conversation or a speech to a group: "The firefighter gave a talk." tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and feelings: talking to a trusted adult helps when you are sad, scared or worried. In safety: don't talk to strangers online or follow them. In school: give a talk, talk partners. Phrases: talk to, talk about, talk back, talk over, small talk, pep talk.

examples

• Can I talk to you? tree →
• We talked about our holiday. tree →
• Please don't talk during the test. tree →
• A police officer gave a talk at school. tree →
• Talk to a trusted adult if you are worried. tree →
• Parrots can learn to talk. tree →
• Don't talk to strangers online. tree →
• They talked it over and agreed. tree →
• "Cease your silly talk," said the wagoner. tree →

note

The "l" is silent: "tawk". "Talk to someone" or "talk with someone"; "talk about something". "Talk" is less formal than "speak". Talking about feelings is brave.

In the corpora

• Disagreeing is normal; talking it through is how couples decide things together.
• She is seeing someone to talk to and is off work for a while.
• Many families visit graves to remember someone, tidy the spot and leave flowers; talking to the person there is normal.
• Families make phone rules so meals are for talking, and adults find them hard to keep because phones are built to grab attention.
• «I'm fine» often means «I'm not fine, but I don't want to talk about it now».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «talk» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.