What Did You Say Vs What Have You Said?

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Please tell me the difference between nuances of ”what did you say ?” and ”what have you said ?”

There is no difference imo

. You can ask both questions.. … Although the question “have you said” I’ve see more in like movies or books.

Is it correct to say what did you say?

Since you have already use the word ‘did’, the verb say should be in present tense. So the correct statement would be “What did you just say?”.

It’s incorrect

. Why because, “did” is already a past tense and “said” is also a past tense.

What did you say vs what you said?

the phrase “what did you said” is wrong: if you use DID then you can’t use the verb in the past form, you just use it in it’s normal form. So the right phrase is “what did you

say

What is the difference between I said and I have said?

‘Said’ Vs ‘Have Said’?

How different do they feel to you? Both would be OK in the correct context. It depends if you have in mind a specific past time (I said) or a general period of time or number of times before the present (I have said).

What have you said Meaning?

means that

the person who spoke has said something outrageous, or obscene

. It is like What have you done?, meaning that someone has done something stupid or foolish. You can also tell this from the intonation, which goes down in the last word.

What you said Meaning?

Sl.

I agree with what someone just said

, although I might not have been able to say it as well or so elegantly. What John said. And I agree 100 percent. What you said.

What did she say or what she said?

‘What does she say’ can mean

what she generally says or thinks about a particular situation and not just at a particular time in the past

; whereas ‘What did she say’ refers to a specific point of time in the past which you’re referring to.

Did u just say or said?

What did you say? The simple reason for this is that when you form a question like this in English, you use an auxiliary verb, in this case “do”. When the question is in the past tense, you conjugate the auxiliary verb, but the main verb is just the bare infinitive, “

say

“, and never changes.

Why did you say that meaning?

If you say “why would you say that”, suggests that

it’s something that the person wouldn’t expect the other person to say, and is disappointed, not necessarily doubt

.

What did you say in French?


qu’est-ce que vous avez dit?

More French words for what did you say? qu’est-ce que tu as dit?

What is the meaning of I said what I said?

It means I have one word and I will no longer change it, example you asked your mom if she could buy you a car, she said no but you insist since you badly want a car and explain everything and tried to change her decision but she said ‘I said what I said’ which means ‘

I made up my mind

What does said before mean?

“As I said before” would mean that

you said it one time

. ” As I’ve said before” sounds like you say it regularly or have said it more than once.

Is had said correct?


Both are grammatically correct

. ‘Have said’ is used in present perfect tense. I have said this many times before also. ‘Had said’ is used in past perfect tense.

What have you to say meaning?

It should be ‘What DO you have to say?’, and it means,

what would you like to say about the current situation

, with the implication that you’re being told off.

Is what have you a word?

You say what have you at the end of a list in order to refer generally to other things of the same kind. So many things are unsafe these days–milk, cranberry sauce, what have you.

What have you mean?

The informal expression ‘what have you’ means

“things like that”

. We can use and/or before this expression: The seas and the winds and water and what have you have made the rocks into the beautiful sight that they are today.

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