Vocabulary Lesson 5
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Japanese
eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
Do you understand English?
英語がわかりますか？
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Japanese
nihongo de daijoubu desu ka?
Are you okay with Japanese?
日本語で大丈夫ですか？
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Japanese
nihongo ga chotto hanasemasu
I can speak a little Japanese
日本語がちょっと話せます
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Japanese
eigo ga dekimasu
I am proficient in English//I can speak English
英語ができます
Vocabulary Lesson 5
Vocabulary
Example Sentences
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Japanese
eigo ga wakarimasu ka?
Do you understand English?
英語がわかりますか？
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Japanese
nihongo de daijoubu desu ka?
Are you okay with Japanese?
日本語で大丈夫ですか？
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Japanese
nihongo ga chotto hanasemasu
I can speak a little Japanese
日本語がちょっと話せます
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Japanese
eigo ga dekimasu
I am proficient in English//I can speak English
英語ができます
Lesson Notes
The word できる (dekiru) takes on the secondary meaning ‘to be proficient in’ when paired with a language word as shown in the example below:
フランス語ができます
(furansugo ga dekimasu)
I’m proficient in French
If you want to say that you are fluent in a language, you can use the word 流ちょう (ryuuchou) [to be fluent]. For example, you can say:
私はスペイン語流ちょうに話せます
(watashi wa supeingo ryuuchou ni hanasemasu)
I can speak Spanish fluently
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