I don't speak English vs. I can't speak English
2017年10月20日 · 1. I don't speak English == I won't speak English == I refuse to speak English. 2. I don't speak English == I can't speak English == I am unable to speak English. 3. I don't speak English == I can't speak English == I am not allowed to speak English. All of these are incorrect for the situation you describe:
a person who can't speak from the birth from a condition
2019年12月25日 · Deaf (can't hear), blind (can't see), dumb (can't speak), mute (can't speak). Those are the 4 standard conditions some people have from birth. They are all adjectives. We say a person is deaf/blind/dumb/mute, or we say he is a deaf/dumb/blind/mute person. "Mute" is also used as a noun describing a mute person. He is a mute.
can't speak a word of/in (English) | WordReference Forums
2021年1月12日 · (1) is an idiomatic expression, more forceful than "He can't speak English". (2) is not something I would expect to hear, although it is grammatical and the meaning is clear.
What do you call somebody who is unable to speak?
2008年5月21日 · Ewie is (a) mute = Ewie is unable to speak, for whatever reason. Ewie has become mute = Ewie is unable to speak as a result of having been hit very hard on the head etc. I say leave aphasia to the neuropathologically-minded, and speech-impaired to those who cannot bring themselves to call a metallo-xyloid excavatory implement a spade.
Vocabulary. Someone who don't speak. | WordReference Forums
2013年1月16日 · "Speechless" and "silent" don't do a good job of expressing the idea that somebody can't speak because of a physical disability. If you included context that explained the situation, "speechless" could work: She burned her throat and mouth by drinking something caustic. Now she is speechless.
She can hardly speak English = She can't hardly speak English
2023年4月27日 · She can't hardly speak English is incorrect. To me, it sounds like a very uneducated - perhaps dialectal - version of the standard phrase. Where did you find this sentence, R80?
Why don't Latinos learn English? | WordReference Forums
2006年5月2日 · I just can't understand why a person who migrated to this country can't speak survival english after being in the USA for over 5 years. I've asked many why don't they learn english and some have told me they don't need to. They prefer to live in "el Barrio" where most people speak spanish and don't really see it as a necessity to learn english.
Phonetics of can vs. can't | WordReference Forums
2007年7月23日 · I can't speak for our British friends, but in spoken English in the U.S., you would only rarely hear someone say "cannot" unless it's a very formal setting, such as a speech or the like, or unless the person was speaking in jest in one or another way. That's my clear impression.
She can/could speak English - WordReference Forums
2017年12月18日 · It is unusual for people to lose the ability to speak a foreign language, so if Sara is still alive we can assume she can still speak English, so 'can' would be fine, unless there's information we don't know about.
why still can't you/ why can't you still - WordReference Forums
2020年12月6日 · Hello everyone, I saw "why still can't you/ why can't you still" on Google, but I am a bit confused by them. 1 Why still can't you speak English well? 2 Why can't you still speak English well? Do these two sentences have the same meaning? If so, then which one is more commonly used by native...