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解説 Definition
told は tell（言う、伝える）の過去形・過去分詞です。だれかに何かを言った、知らせたという過去の出来事を表すときに使います。
Told is the past tense and past participle of tell. It describes giving someone information, relating a story, or making something known to a person at an earlier time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
told は tell の不規則な過去形・過去分詞で、tell に -ed を付けず、母音も /tɛl/ から /toʊld/ に変わります。tell someone something の語順を保ち、I told my mom the news. のように「人に内容を伝えた」と使います。said は発言内容に焦点を置きやすく、通常 said me とはしない点も一緒に覚えましょう。
Told is the irregular past tense and past participle of tell. Do not form it as “telled”: the vowel changes from /tɛl/ in tell to /oʊ/ in /toʊld/. Keep the useful pattern tell someone something: I told my mom the news, she told me her name, and Tom told us a story. This pattern highlights the listener, who usually follows told directly. Compare said: we say “She said her name” or “She said it to me,” but normally not “She said me.” Remember told as the form used when information was directly given to someone in the past.
例文
I told my mom the news.
私はその知らせを母に言いました。
She told me her name.
彼女は私に名前を教えてくれました。
Tom told us a short story.
トムは私たちに短い話をしてくれました。
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told の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 tellan（数える、語る）から。ゲルマン祖語 *taljaną に遡り、原義は「順序立てて数え上げる」こと。数える→列挙する→物語るへと意味が広がった。同根語に tell、tale（物語）、teller（語り手・銀行窓口係）がある。
Told is the past tense and past participle of tell. Tell comes from Old English tellan, which could mean “to count, reckon, relate, or tell,” and goes back to a Germanic verb associated with counting and recounting. The semantic development from enumerating things in order to relating events helps connect tell with tale. Related English words include teller, originally someone who counts or tells, and tale, a spoken or written account.
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