by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “Do you speak English?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
Do you speak _ ?
_ 話せますか？
hanasemasuka
When you want to say “Do you speak _ ?”, put the language name just before “話せますか”.
For example, if you want to say “Do you speak English?”, you can say like this :
英語話せますか？
eigo* hanasemasuka
*We pronounce “eigo” like “ēgo”.
英語
English
＋
（あなたは）話せますか
do (you) speak
You do not need to say “あなたは (anatawa) = you”. In everyday conversation, we do not usually say “あなたは”.
When you talk to a friend, you can say :
英語話せる？
eigo hanaseru
(polite)
英語話せますか？
(casual)
英語話せる？