What's the difference between скажи and расскажи? What examples could you give of situations when you'd use them?
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What's the difference between скажи and расскажи? What examples could you give of situations when you'd use them?
сказать - to say/tell words/phrases/sentences/facts
рассказать - to tell a story in details
Here is a good explanation:
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As for the differences between сказать and рассказать.
Basically, сказать is just to say something like a word for example.
Сказать слово/предложение
Рассказать is to tell something, dipping into details. Like:
Рассказать историю. Рассказать о себе
Here is a counterpart.
Скажи, что ты вчера делал vs. расскажи, что ты вчера делал.
The first one is like you're just asking for general information about what the person was doing/did yesterday. And the answer would be something like:
Сходил в кино.
The second one implies that the asker wants to know a more detailed version of what the other pesron was doing/did yesterday. The answer would be something like that:
Сходил в кино. Там такой фильм хороший показывали and blah blah blah.
Скажи, что ты вчера делал = Say [tell me! immediately!] what you were doing yesterday. (sort of a demand) ---
Расскажи, что ты вчера делал = Tell me what you were doing yesterday. (tell me more.... in details.... if you want)
Sorry for the late reply, but thanks guys, you've explained it perfectly and I now know the difference.