"およぎません。"

Translation: I do not swim.

[HolomorphicShawn]

泳ぎません

[kai19154]

thanks
i see the water kanji in there lul. makes sense

[selkie222]

The water is actually the three dots on the left hand side. The thing that looks like water is not actually water but provides a hint to the pronunciation...

[TheDictationary]

Actually, I may be wrong, but the character that looks like water means "forever." Anothet water radical was added to mean "swim".

[Anya_Dubinkina]

I didnt nitice the stroke above "water" kanji. I was confuse at first)
As far as I remember, three dots and "water" means ice
I was confused when I saw it like "swimming". One stroke can change so much

[Keith_APP]

Yes, sometimes it does, unfortunately.
Ice is actually a dot above the water Kanji
氷／こおり
In Chinese it is a dot and a tick on the left side
冰

[CH0063]

yes, the character 永 means forever.
And it sounds "yu-on3" in Mandarin.

[giubbs1]

Not with that attitude

[iMpetus_]

Why is "I will not swim" wrong?

[Keith_APP]

I think you can report it.

[mastslyer]

oyogimasen

[sod_off]

What would "I cannot swim" be?

[Keith_APP]

泳げません。

泳ぐのはできません。

[Aki-kun]

Shouldn't it be "泳ぐことが/はできません。"?

[qdc9ucveq0cveup]

I can't swim :-(

[John863934]

私も、泳げません。

[Takkun11]

泳ぎません

[WouterVerhelst]

Is this to be understood as "I do not swim (because I don't like it, even though I can)", or rather, "I do not swim (because I never learned, and I'd rather not down)"?

[DestinyCall]

泳ぎません is "I will not swim" (I don't intend to swim in the immediate future) or "I do not swim" (as a habitual action, it is something I do not do).

You might be able to swim, but you just don't want to. Or you might be unable you swim. It does not make that clear.

If you want to specify that are not ABLE to swim, there is a different way to say it.

[Hanabi001]

Well, you certainly aren't from a sports anime then