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"Do you speak English?"
Translation:英語は話しますか?
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I am not an expert but 話す gives me more of a feeling of "are you speaking English?" rather than "can you speak English?"
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The thing is just a few exercises before this one I got the sentence: 日本語を話しますか?So を can't be all wrong here either.
498
Same. I was taught "wo" as well for this verb.
Just when I thought I was figuring things out ..... :'(
To build the potential form, you have to switch to the "e" column and change を to が. Depending on the group of the Verb. Examples Group 1 かきます かけます かける to write かいます かえます かえる to buy Group2 たべます たべられます たべられる to eat Group3 きます こられます こられる to come します できます できる to do
Potentialverbs inflect like Group2 verbs Ex. かえます かえる かえない かえて
わかります is an exception, it already has a potential meaning.
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I am given a wildly different answer "英語は話せますか?" I think it's technically correct but there must be some difference…
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Your answer is the same as the one given, only they used the kanji instead of hiragana for the はな (hana) part of 話せます.