Can You Speak English?

Vocabulary

Key Examples

Japanese

EX1: あなたは英語がわかりますか?

EX2: 私は日本語ができません

EX3: 私は日本語がちょっと話せます

Romaji

anata wa eigo ga wakarimasu ka?

watashi wa nihongo ga dekimasen

watashi wa nihongo ga chotto hanasemasu

English

Can you understand English?

I can’t speak Japanese

I can speak a little Japanese

EX1

Japanese

あなたは英語はわかりますか?

Romaji

anata wa eigo wa wakarimasu ka?

English

Can you understand English?

EX2

Japanese

私は日本語ができません

Romaji

watashi wa nihongo ga dekimasen

English

I can’t speak Japanese

EX3

Japanese

私は日本語がちょっと話せます

Romaji

watashi wa nihongo ga chotto hanasemasu

English

I can speak a little Japanese

Conversation Practice

A: 英語はわかりますか? 

(eigo wa wakarimasu ka?) 

[Can you speak English?]

B: はいわかります

(hai, wakarimasu) 

[Yes, I can]

A2: 日本語はできますか?

 (nihongo wa dekimasu ka?) 

[Can you speak Japanese?]

B2: いいえ、できません

 (iie, dekimasen)

[No, I can’t]

A3: 日本語で大丈夫ですか?

(nihongo de daijoubu desu ka?) 

[Are you comfortable with the Japanese language?]

B3: すみません、日本語がわかりません

(sumimasen, nihongo ga wakarimasen)

[Sorry, I don’t understand Japanese]

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Objects that attract or summon spirits while simultaneously providing them with a temporary residing place according to the Shinto belief system. 

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Scenic Gardens
Learning Objectives

State your name, age and nationality

Ask for and understand simple directions

State things that like doing (i.e running, reading, studying, etc.)

Ask Japanese people about their English language ability, and communicate your Japanese ability