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Speak, Talk
 
dialog
 
 conversation
 
speak - spoke
 
talk
  I spoke to Ms. Brown.
 
  She will talk to your father.
 
  They spoke to her son.
 
  We are talking to a professor.
 

Whenever you speak to someone, the preposition to normally comes between the verb and the person spoken to. Alternatively you can use the preposition with.

  Susan was with Nancy.
 
  The professor is talking with her students.
 
  I spoke with your friend.
 
   
 
 
English
 
 German
 
 Mandarin
 
Spanish
 
 Portuguese
 
 Hindi
 
French
 
 Russian
 
 Korean
 
Italian
 
 Japanese
 
 Arabic
 
foreign language
 
 native language
 

When talking about speaking languages, speak is always used.

  Mr. King speaks German.
 
  He speaks my native language.
 
  They speak English.
 
politics
 
think - thought
 
  He always thinks about food.
 
  They never talk about politics.
 
  They think that Portuguese is a beautiful language.
 
  She thought that you were a student.
 
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