"你会说英文吗？"

Translation: Can you speak English?

[Tatonka71]

Does 英语 and 英文 mean the exact same thing?

[Yasmin611499]

This is what the people on Quora said, that 文 implies culture as well as all facets of the language whereas 英语 is more the spoken language: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-differences-between-yingwen%EF%BC%88%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%EF%BC%89and-yingyu%EF%BC%88%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD%EF%BC%89

[KyleDelane6]

Why wouldn't the one that means spoken language be used when asking if a persons speaks it?

[aizixin]

Do you speak English is the normal way to say it. Can sounds payroll ising

[ecnerwal8]

yes. do you speak english should be accepted.

[badwolfnorth]

"Are you able to speak English?" -- should be accepted. It's both the closer to the Chinese and more common than "Can you speak English?"

[KyleDelane6]

How would you say "will you speak English"?

[leowtyx]

English, do you speak it?

Should be correct too.

[Melarish]

Only in Pulp Fiction movie xD

[ceebtsheej]

会 does not really mean "can or able to" in the phrase "你会说英文吗？“ 会 means to know how to do something. to be able to do something physically is 能.

[ShannAwesome]

"Are you able to speak English?" hits the ear weird and is an unlikely sentence to use in conversation ever. This is a contextual translation.

[badwolfnorth]

I don't know. As a native speaker, "Are you able to speak English?" is very natural -- It is how I answered it but it was marked wrong.

[cagprado]

And one common and natural way to ask a person if he or she has the skills to do something is:
"Can you do this calculation?"
"Can you understand math?"
"Can you speak English?"

[deactivated user]

I believe 会 is also will. Like Will you go swimming today?

[AlexFletch]

So could this be "Will you speak English" (even if it's not the most natural translation)?

[amarianiello]

Are you saying the wrong word is used?