you tell someone

to say something to someone is the same as telling someone

DIRECT SPEECH: I said: “Go home” | I told him: “Go home”

INDIRECT SPEECH: I said that I was hungry | I told him that I was hungry

We cannot use say or tell with indirect questions

Jim asked (me) if I wanted to play football

NOT: Jim told/said me if I wanted to play football

With tell, we say who is told

He told me that he liked playing tennis

NOT: He said me that he liked playing tennis

NOT: He told that he liked playing tennis

With say, if we want to use a personal object, we use to

He said to them that he would be late

With other objects, we don’t usually use tell

He said a strange thing

NOT: He told a strange thing

We can use tell + object + infinitive to give orders and instructions

I told my son to stop shouting

She told me to shut up

when i tell u a secret don’t say anthing.

1. i am asking u to keep a secret.

2. when i tell u, then it is more like a command.

Tell me.

I will tell you.

Don’t say that.

They say the world is getting warmer.

What did you say?