Questions & Answers about Я хочу сказать вам это сейчас.
Why is it вам instead of вы in this sentence?
вам is the Dative case form of вы (you, formal or plural). In Russian, when you tell, give, or show something to someone, the person receiving the action takes the Dative case.
Why doesn't the verb сказать change its ending to match "I"?
Because the first verb, хочу (I want), is already conjugated to match Я (I). When you have two verbs together like "want to tell," the second verb stays in its dictionary form (the infinitive), just like in English.
I learned that "to speak" or "to say" is говорить. Why does this sentence use сказать?
Both words mean "to say" or "to tell," but they are used differently. You use сказать for a single, specific action, like telling someone a specific fact right now. говорить is used for ongoing processes, like "speaking" a language or chatting.
Is the word это (this) in a specific case here?
Yes, it is in the Accusative case because it is the direct object—the specific thing you are telling them. However, because это is a neuter word, its Accusative form looks exactly the same as its basic dictionary form.