On vous dit tout de la conjugaison de tell en anglais, mais pas seulement : découvrez aussi les différentes définitions de ce verbe, ses synonymes, expressions et phrasal verbs !

Tableaux de conjugaison de tell en anglais

Conjugaison du verbe tell à l’indicatif

Le verbe tell au present simple

I tell
You tell
He/she/it tells
We tell
You tell
They tell

Le verbe tell au present continuous

I am telling
You are telling
He/she/it is telling
We are telling
You are telling
They are telling

Le verbe tell au past simple

I told
You told
He/she/it told
We told
You told
They told

Le verbe tell au past continuous

I was telling
You were telling
He/she/it was telling
We were telling
You were telling
They were telling

Le verbe tell au present perfect

I have told
You have told
He/she/it has told
We have told
You have told
They have told

Le verbe tell au present perfect continuous

I have been telling
You have been telling
He/she/it has been telling
We have been telling
You have been telling
They have been telling

Le verbe tell au past perfect

I had told
You had told
He/she/it had told
We had told
You had told
They had told

Le verbe tell au past perfect continuous

I had been telling
You had been telling
He/she/it had been telling
We had been telling
You had been telling
They had been telling

Le verbe tell au future

I will tell
You will tell
He/she/it will tell
We will tell
You will tell
They will tell

Le verbe tell au future continuous

I will be telling
You will be telling
He/she/it will be telling
We will be telling
You will be telling
They will be telling

Le verbe tell au future perfect

I will have told
You will have told
He/she/it will have told
We will have told
You will have told
They will have told

Le verbe tell au future perfect continuous

I will have been telling
You will have been telling
He/she/it will have been telling
We will have been telling
You will have been telling
They will have been telling

Conjugaison du verbe tell au conditionnel

Le verbe tell au conditional present

I would tell
You would tell
He/she/it would tell
We would tell
You would tell
They would tell

Le verbe tell au conditional present continuous

I would be telling
You would be telling
He/she/it would be telling
We would be telling
You would be telling
They would be telling

Le verbe tell au conditional perfect

I would have told
You would have told
He/she/it would have told
We would have told
You would have told
They would have told

Le verbe tell au conditional perfect continuous

I would have been telling
You would have been telling
He/she/it would have been telling
We would have been telling
You would have been telling
They would have been telling

Les autres formes

L’infinitif de tell

to tell

Participe présent de tell

telling

Participe passé de tell

told

L’impératif de tell

tell
let’s tell

Note : to tell est un verbe irrégulier. Découvrez tous les autres verbes irréguliers.

Définition de tell en anglais

Que veut dire le verbe tell en anglais ?

Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe tell.

Penchons-nous sur les principales :

1. To say something to someone, often giving them information or instructions

He told me where I could get coffee.
→ Il m’a dit où je pouvais trouver du café.

2. To know, recognize, or be certain

I can tell she’s pregnant.
→ Je suis sûre qu’elle est enceinte.

3. If something tells you something, it gives you information

The article tells us about how the country is changing.
→ L’article nous parle de la manière dont le pays évolue.

4. To have an effect

They’ve been working hard lately and it’s starting to tell.
→ Ils travaillent dur ces derniers temps, et ça commence à se sentir.

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Les phrasal verbs avec tell en anglais

Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes à particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complété ou modifié.

Voici les principaux phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe tell :

tell on somebody (anglais américain et familier) → faire de l’effet sur
tell on somebody (familier) → dénoncer/cafarder/cafter
tell somebody off (familier) → gronder/disputer/réprimander
tell something/somebody apart (familier) → différencier/distinguer

Les synonymes de tell en anglais

En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to tell par l’un des verbes suivants :

advise → conseiller
communicate → communiquer
give → transmettre (un message)
inform → informer
notify → notifier
recount → raconter/narrer
relate → relater/raconter
report → rapporter/relater
update → tenir/mettre quelqu’un au courant

Expressions avec tell en anglais

kiss and tell (familier) → dévoiler des secrets d’alcôve/tout déballer
only time will tell → seul l’avenir le dira
show and tell (nom) → exposé/présentation orale (vocabulaire scolaire)
tell a joke → raconter une blague
tell a whopper (argot) → raconter un mensonge
tell it like it is (familier) → dire ce qu’il en est
tell right from wrong → distinguer le bien du mal
tell tales (familier) → raconter des histoires/mentir
tell that to the Marines! (interjection d’anglais américain) → mon œil !
tell-all (nom) → récit où l’on déballe tout/récit sans concession

À l’image de to teach, to see, to learn, to find et to do, to tell est aussi un verbe irrégulier. Vous devez donc particulièrement faire attention aux terminaisons du passé.