Vocabulary Lesson 5

eigo ga wakarimasu ka?

Do you understand English?

英語がわかりますか?

nihongo de daijoubu desu ka?

Are you okay with Japanese?

日本語で大丈夫ですか?

nihongo ga chotto hanasemasu

I can speak a little Japanese

日本語がちょっと話せます

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

eigo ga wakarimasu ka?

Do you understand English?

英語がわかりますか?

nihongo de daijoubu desu ka?

Are you okay with Japanese?

日本語で大丈夫ですか?

nihongo ga chotto hanasemasu

I can speak a little Japanese

日本語がちょっと話せます

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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