"老师不说英语。"
Translation:The teacher does not speak English.
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老师不会说英语. it should be this sentence to mean the teacher doesn't speak English. I am in a Chinese speaking guild. This information came from a teacher who knows seven languages please fix.
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I think you and the guy who started the post above are insane. There is a huge difference between not knowing something and not being capable of doing something. Please remove that professor from the katedra!
well he doesn't.............................................................
MoozieGoozie's sentence adds the character hui, which changes the meaning of the sentence from Teacher does not speak English, to Teacher cannot speak English (ie. does not have the ability). The first one could mean simply that the teacher is choosing not to speak English, say in the classroom to improve language learning. Chinese people use the term Teacher as a form of address for a teacher, just like Professor and Doctor. So perfectly normal in Chinese to say Teacher does not speak English. The sentence can also mean The teacher does not speak English, depending on context.
Can "老师" in this sentence mean "A teacher", "The teacher", "Teachers (in general)" as well as "The teachers"?
