話しました
解説 Definition
spoke は speak（話す）の過去形で、「話しました」という意味です。過去に誰かが言葉を使って話したことを表します。
Spoke is the past-tense form of speak. It indicates that someone used words to communicate, addressed another person, or discussed a subject at a time in the past.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
spoke は speak「話す」の不規則な過去形で、speak–spoke–spoken と母音が変わります。語尾に -ed は付けず、発音は speak /spiːk/ に対して spoke /spoʊk/。yesterday や after lunch など過去の時を示す語と結び、spoke to 人、spoke about 話題という形で覚えましょう。
Learn spoke as the middle form of the irregular sequence speak–spoke–spoken. English does not add -ed here; instead, the vowel changes from /iː/ in speak to /oʊ/ in spoke, a pattern inherited from an older strong verb. Anchor it to clear past-time expressions: “spoke yesterday,” “spoke after lunch,” or “spoke in class.” Also remember the useful combinations “spoke to someone” for addressing a person and “spoke about something” for discussing a topic. Spoken, not spoke, is normally used after have or has.
例文
He spoke to me yesterday.
彼は昨日私に話しかけました。
She spoke slowly in class.
彼女は授業でゆっくり話しました。
We spoke about the plan after lunch.
私たちは昼食後にその計画について話しました。
spoke の類義語・関連語
spoke の語源・成り立ち Etymology
spoke は speak の過去形で、古英語 sprecan「話す」にさかのぼります。これは接頭辞や接尾辞ではなく母音交替で時制を示す古い強変化の名残で、speak - spoke - spoken と形が変わることで「話す」の時間差を表します。関連語は speech, speaker。
Spoke is the simple past form of speak, which descends from Old English sprecan, “to speak.” Its tense is marked by an internal vowel change rather than the modern suffix -ed. This alternation is a remnant of the Germanic strong-verb system and survives in the sequence speak, spoke, spoken. Related English words such as speech and speaker share the same broad historical and semantic family.
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