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Can you speak English?

nǐ huì shuō yīng wén ma?

pronunciation

nee-hway-shwuh-ying-wen-ma

Notes

  • slight rising intonation during .
  • slight falling intonation during ma.
  • The word ma is appended to the sentence to make it a yes/no question.
  • The word for “English” is yīng wén. You would only use this to refer to nationality, not language.