Lie or Lay? I need a one sentence beta!!

[sid]

Actually, I know it's "lie", I'm just not positive which form of the word to use.  Which means it could wind up being "lay"!  Help me please?  

Solved!  Thank you!

Comments

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

Sure. "Lay" it on me!

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

I'll give you an official grammarian read. ;-)

[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

I lie, I lay, I have/had laid...

otoh

I lay, I laid, I have/had lain...

But that's only Present, Imperfect, Perfect/Pluperfect for each.

I tend to remember which one to use by saying "If I can set an item, I can lay it. But if I can sit, I can lie. And that's the truth!" :-) (But then I learned the difference when I learned the German verbs setzen and sitzen... which is odd considering they aren't so different....

And why do I babble when you already said your query was answered... ?