merhaba!

can anyone tell me how to say in turkish the present and past simple tenses of "to say"?

i, you, he/she/it, we, you, they say

and:

i said, you said, he said etc

dont be sure of anythign im saying coz im not sure, but the verb to say is demek, so simple past tense must be

-dedim

-dedin

-dedi

-dedik

-dediniz

-dediler

but i dont know present simple tense :S

 Not sure if these are correct but heres my try

Present tense

Söylerim

Söylersin

Söyler

Söyleriz

Söylersiniz

Söylerler

Is that verb the same as demek? I eman does it have the same meaning? and is there one which is better than the other??? I mean to use during speech?

Which is preferable?

Simple Past  made with "di" or "dı"    

(AND YOU CAN PUT "SÖYLE" INSTEAD   OF THE VERB "DE"                                                      

sometimes "söyle" is used.)

I                  Ben de-dim.

You             Sen de-din.

He-She-It    O de-di.

We             Biz de-di k.

You             Siz de-di niz.

They           Onlar de-dil er.        

Simple PResent   made with "r"

I               Ben de-r im.

You           Sen de-r-sin.

He-She-It  O de-r.

We           Biz de-r-iz.

You          Siz de-r-siniz.

They        Onlar der-(ler).

 Sorry doudi, i cant answer your questions because i´m a beginner in Turkish. Perhaps someone else can?  I have seen both söylemek and demek used. It was just a bit of practise for me in the present tense

 Actually they have same diffrences as between tell and say in English

Mostly Söylemek means tell

Bana söyle...tell me

When demek  can have the meaning of say

Of course caliptrix can confirm that better

Merhaba yop

Here for extra reading

Present Simple Tense

Past Tense

Canlı is right.

But still söylemek can be used as say like in:

I said she was right  = Haklı/Doğru olduğunu söyledim.

wow!! çok tesekkür ederim!!!