Meanings
- Asks the interlocutor whether or not they are able to speak in the English language.
Translations
Afrikaans praat jy Engels?, praat jy Afrikaans?
- praat jy Engels?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- praat jy Afrikaans?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Arabic هَل تَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة؟, هَل تَتَكَلَّمِين بِالْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة؟
- هَل تَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallamu bi-l-ʔinjlīziyya?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- هَل تَتَكَلَّمِين بِالْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallamīn bi-l-ʔinjlīziyya?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- هَل تَتَكَلَّم بِالْعَرَبِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallam bi-l-ʕarabiyya?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- هَل تَتَكَلَّمِين بِالْعَرَبِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallamīn bi-l-ʕarabiyya?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Basque ingelesez hitz egiten al duzu?, dadakizu ingelesez
- ingelesez hitz egiten al duzu?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- dadakizu ingelesezdo you speak English? (English specifically)
- badakizu euskaraz?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- euskaraz hitz egiten duzu?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Bengali আপনি কি ইংরেজি বলতে পারেন?, তুমি কি ইংরেজি বলতে পার?
- আপনি কি ইংরেজি বলতে পারেন? (apni ki iṅreji bolte paren?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- তুমি কি ইংরেজি বলতে পার? (tumi ki iṅreji bolte paro?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ইংরেজি জান? (iṅreji jano?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ইংরেজি জানিস? (iṅreji janiś?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- আপনি কি বাংলা বলতে পারেন? (apni ki baṅla bolte paren?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- তুমি কি বাংলা বলতে পার? (tumi ki baṅla bolte paro?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- বাংলা জান? (baṅla jano?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- বাংলা জানিস? (baṅla janiś?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Bulgarian гово́риш ли англи́йски?, гово́рите ли англи́йски?
- гово́риш ли англи́йски? (govóriš li anglíjski?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- гово́рите ли англи́йски? (govórite li anglíjski?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- гово́рите ли бъ́лгарски? (govórite li bắlgarski)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Catalan parles anglès?, parleu anglès
- parles anglès?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- parleu anglèsdo you speak English? (English specifically)
- parla anglèsdo you speak English? (English specifically)
Chinese Cantonese 你識唔識講英文? /你识唔识讲英文?, 你識唔識講廣東話? /你识唔识讲广东话?
- 你識唔識講英文? /你识唔识讲英文?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 你識唔識講廣東話? /你识唔识讲广东话?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Chinese Mandarin 你會說英語嗎? /你会说英语吗?, 你會說普通話嗎? /你会说普通话吗?
- 你會說英語嗎? /你会说英语吗? (nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 你會說普通話嗎? /你会说普通话吗? (nǐ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà ma?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- 你會說國語嗎? /你会说国语吗?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- 你会说国语吗? (nǐ huì shuō guóyǔ ma?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- 你會說中文嗎? /你会说中文吗? (nǐ huì shuō zhōngwén ma?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Czech mluvíš anglicky?, mluvíte anglicky?
- mluvíš anglicky?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- mluvíte anglicky?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- mluvíš česky?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- mluvíte česky?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Danish taler du engelsk?, taler I engelsk?
- taler du engelsk?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- taler I engelsk?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- taler De engelsk?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- taler du dansk?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- taler De dansk?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- taler I dansk?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Dutch spreek je Engels?, spreekt u Engels?
- spreek je Engels?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- spreekt u Engels?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- spreek je Nederlands?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- spreekt u Nederlands?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Esperanto ĉu vi parolas la anglan?, ĉu vi parolas esperanton?
- ĉu vi parolas la anglan?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ĉu vi parolas esperanton?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Estonian kas sa räägid inglise keelt?, kas te räägite inglise keelt?
- kas sa räägid inglise keelt?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- kas te räägite inglise keelt?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- kas sa räägid eesti keelt?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- kas te räägite eesti keelt?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Finnish puhutko englantia?, puhutteko englantia?
- puhutko englantia?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- puhutteko englantia?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- puhutko suomeado you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- puhutteko suomeado you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
French parles-tu anglais, tu parles anglais
- parles-tu anglaisdo you speak English? (English specifically)
- tu parles anglaisdo you speak English? (English specifically)
- parlez-vous anglaisdo you speak English? (English specifically)
- vous parlez anglaisdo you speak English? (English specifically)
- parles-tu français ? parlez-vous françaisdo you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
German sprechen Sie Englisch?, sprichst du Englisch?
- sprechen Sie Englisch?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- sprichst du Englisch?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- sprecht ihr Englisch?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- sprichst du Deutsch?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- sprecht ihr Deutsch?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- sprechen Sie Deutsch?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Greek μιλάς αγγλικά;, μιλάτε αγγλικά;
- μιλάς αγγλικά; (milás angliká;)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- μιλάτε αγγλικά; (miláte angliká;)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- μιλάς ελληνικά; (milás elliniká;)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- μιλάτε ελληνικά; (miláte elliniká;)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Hawaiian ʻōlelo ʻoe Pelekānia?, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoe?
- ʻōlelo ʻoe Pelekānia?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoe?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Hebrew אתה מדבר אנגלית?, את מדברת אנגלית?
- אתה מדבר אנגלית? (atá medabér anglít?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- את מדברת אנגלית? (at medabéret anglít?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- אתה מדבר עברית? (atá medabér ivrít?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- את מדברת עברית? (at medabéret ivrít?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Hindi क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हैं?, क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलती हैं?
- क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हैं? (kyā āp aṅgrezī bolte ha͠i?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलती हैं? (kyā āp aṅgrezī boltī ha͠i?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- क्या तुम अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हो? (kyā tum aṅgrezī bolte ho?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- क्या तुम अंग्रेज़ी बोलती हो? (kyā tum aṅgrezī boltī ho?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- क्या तू अंग्रेज़ी बोलता है? (kyā tū aṅgrezī boltā hai?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- क्या तू अंग्रेज़ी बोलती है? (kyā tū aṅgrezī boltī hai?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- क्या आप हिन्दी बोलते हैं? (kyā āp hindī bolte ha͠i?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- क्या आप हिन्दी बोलती हैं? (kyā āp hindī boltī ha͠i?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- क्या तुम हिन्दी बोलते हो? (kyā tum hindī bolte ho?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- क्या तुम हिन्दी बोलती हो? (kyā tum hindī boltī ho?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- क्या तू हिन्दी बोलता है? (kyā tū hindī boltā hai?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- क्या तू हिन्दी बोलती है? (kyā tū hindī boltī hai?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Hungarian beszélsz angolul?, beszél angolul?
- beszélsz angolul?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- beszél angolul?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- beszélsz magyarul?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- beszél magyarul?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Icelandic talar þú ensku, talar þú íslensku?
- talar þú enskudo you speak English? (English specifically)
- talar þú íslensku?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Indonesian bisa bahasa Inggris?, apakah anda berbicara bahasa Inggris?
- bisa bahasa Inggris?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- apakah anda berbicara bahasa Inggris?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- bisa bahasa Indonesia?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Irish an bhfuil Béarla agat?, an bhfuil Gaeilge agat?
- an bhfuil Béarla agat?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- an bhfuil Gaeilge agat?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- an bhfuil Gaeilge agaibh?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Italian parli inglese?, parla inglese?
- parli inglese?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- parla inglese?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- parlate inglese?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- parlano inglese?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- parli italiano?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- parla italiano?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- parlate italiano?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- parlano italiano?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Japanese 英語が話せますか?, 日本語ができますか?
- 英語が話せますか? (Eigo ga hanasemasu ka?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 日本語ができますか? (nihongo ga dekimasu ka?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- 日本語が話せますか? (nihongo ga hanasemasu ka?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Korean 영어를 할줄 아십니까?, 영어를 하십니까?
- 영어를 할줄 아십니까? (yeong'eo-reul haljul asimnikka?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 영어를 하십니까? (yeong'eo-reul hasimnikka?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 영어를 할 줄 아세요? (yeong'eo-reul hal jul aseyo?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 영어 하세요? (yeong'eo haseyo?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 영어를 하실 수 있습니까? (yeong'eo-reul hasil su itseumnikka?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- 한국말을 할줄 아십니까? (han'gungmar-eul haljul asimnikka?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- 한국말을 하십니까? (han'gungmar-eul hasimnikka?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- 한국말을 할 줄 아세요? (han'gungmar-eul hal jul aseyo?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- 한국말 하세요? (han'gungmal haseyo?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Latin loquerisne latinē?
- loquerisne latinē?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Latvian vai jūs runājat angliski?, vai tu runā angliski?
- vai jūs runājat angliski?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- vai tu runā angliski?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- vai jūs runājat latviski?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- vai tu runā latviski?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Lithuanian ar kalbi angliškai?, ar tu kalbi angliškai?
- ar kalbi angliškai?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ar tu kalbi angliškai?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ar kalbate angliškai?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ar jūs kalbate angliškai?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ar kalbate lietuviškai?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- ar kalbi lietuviškai?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Malay boleh anda cakap bahasa Inggeris?, boleh anda cakap bahasa Melayu?
- boleh anda cakap bahasa Inggeris?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- boleh anda cakap bahasa Melayu?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Norwegian Bokmål snakker du engelsk?, snakker du norsk?
- snakker du engelsk?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- snakker du norsk?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Polish czy mówisz po angielsku?, czy mówi Pan po angielsku?
- czy mówisz po angielsku?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- czy mówi Pan po angielsku?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- czy mówi Pani po angielsku?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- czy mówisz po polsku?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- czy mówi Pan po polsku?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- czy mówi Pani po polsku?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- czy mówicie po polsku?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- czy mówią Państwo po polsku?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Portuguese fala inglês?, falam inglês?
- fala inglês?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- falam inglês?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- falas português?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- você fala português?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Romanian vorbești engleză?, vorbiți engleză?
- vorbești engleză?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- vorbiți engleză?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- știi românește?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- vorbiți limba română?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Russian ты говори́шь по-англи́йски?, вы говори́те по-англи́йски?
- ты говори́шь по-англи́йски? (ty govoríšʹ po-anglíjski?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- вы говори́те по-англи́йски? (vy govoríte po-anglíjski?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- вы говори́те по-ру́сски? (vy govoríte po-rússki?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- ты говори́шь по-ру́сски? (ty govoríšʹ po-rússki?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Scottish Gaelic a bheil Beurla agad?, a bheil Beurla agaibh?
- a bheil Beurla agad?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- a bheil Beurla agaibh?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- a bheil Gàidhlig agad?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- a bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Slovak hovoríš po anglicky?, hovoríte po anglicky?
- hovoríš po anglicky?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- hovoríte po anglicky?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- hovoríš po slovensky?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- hovoríte po slovensky?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Spanish ¿hablas inglés?, ¿habla inglés?
- ¿hablas inglés?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ¿habla inglés?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ¿hablas español?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- ¿habla español?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Swahili unasema Kiingereza?, unasema Kiswahili?
- unasema Kiingereza?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- unasema Kiswahili?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Swedish talar du engelska?, pratar du engelska?
- talar du engelska?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- pratar du engelska?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- talar du svenska?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- talar ni svenska?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Tagalog nagsasalita ka ba ng Ingles?, nagsasalita ba kayo ng Ingles?
- nagsasalita ka ba ng Ingles?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- nagsasalita ba kayo ng Ingles?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- nagsasalita ba kayo ng Tagalog?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Tamil நீங்கள் ஆங்கிலம் பேசுவீர்களா?, நீங்கள் தமிழ் பேசுவீர்களா?
- நீங்கள் ஆங்கிலம் பேசுவீர்களா? (nīṅkaḷ āṅkilam pēcuvīrkaḷā?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- நீங்கள் தமிழ் பேசுவீர்களா? (nīṅkaḷ tamiḻ pēcuvīrkaḷā?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Thai คุณพูดภาษาอังกฤษเป็นไหม, คุณพูดภาษาไทยเป็นไหม
- คุณพูดภาษาอังกฤษเป็นไหม (kun pûut paa-sǎa ang-grìt bpen mǎi)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- คุณพูดภาษาไทยเป็นไหม (kun pûut paa-sǎa tai bpen mǎi)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Turkish İngilizce biliyor musun?, İngilizce biliyor musunuz?
- İngilizce biliyor musun?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- İngilizce biliyor musunuz?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- İngilizce konuşabiliyor musun?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- İngilizce konuşabiliyor musunuz?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- Türkçe biliyor musun?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- Türkçe konuşuyor musun?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- Türkçe biliyor musunuz?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- Türkçe konuşuyor musunuz?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Ukrainian ти гово́риш англі́йською?, ви гово́рите англі́йською?
- ти гово́риш англі́йською? (ty hovóryš anhlíjsʹkoju?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ви гово́рите англі́йською? (vy hovóryte anhlíjsʹkoju?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ви гово́рите украї́нською? (vy hovóryte ukrajínsʹkoju?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Urdu کْیا آپ اَن٘گْریزی بولْتے ہَیں؟, کْیا آپ اَن٘گْریزی بولْتی ہَیں؟
- کْیا آپ اَن٘گْریزی بولْتے ہَیں؟ (kyā āp aṅgrezī bolte ha͠i?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- کْیا آپ اَن٘گْریزی بولْتی ہَیں؟ (kyā āp aṅgrezī boltī ha͠i?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- کْیا تُم اَن٘گْریزی بولْتے ہو؟ (kyā tum aṅgrezī bolte ho?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- کْیا تُم اَن٘گْریزی بولْتی ہو؟ (kyā tum aṅgrezī boltī ho?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- کْیا تو اَن٘گْریزی بولْتا ہَے؟ (kyā to aṅgrezī boltā hai?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- کْیا تو اَن٘گْریزی بولْتی ہَے؟ (kyā to aṅgrezī boltī hai?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- کْیا آپ اُرْدُو بولْتے ہَیں؟ (kyā āp urdū bolte ha͠i?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- کْیا آپ اُرْدُو بولْتی ہَیں؟ (kyā āp urdū boltī ha͠i?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- کْیا تُم اُرْدُو بولْتے ہو؟ (kyā tum urdū bolte ho?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- کْیا تُم اُرْدُو بولْتی ہو؟ (kyā tum urdū boltī ho?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- کْیا تو اُرْدُو بولْتا ہَے؟ (kyā to urdū boltā hai?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- کْیا تو اُرْدُو بولْتی ہَے؟ (kyā to urdū boltī hai?)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Vietnamese bạn có nói tiếng Việt?
- bạn có nói tiếng Việt?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Welsh wyt ti'n siarad Saesneg?, ydych chi'n siarad Saesneg?
- wyt ti'n siarad Saesneg?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ydych chi'n siarad Saesneg?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- ydych chi'n siarad Cymraeg?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Yiddish צי רעדט איר ענגליש?, רעדט איר ייִדיש?
- צי רעדט איר ענגליש? (tsi redt ir english?)do you speak English? (English specifically)
- רעדט איר ייִדיש? (redt ir yidish)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- רעדסט דו ייִדיש? (redst du yidish)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
- רעדסטו ייִדיש? (redstu yidish)do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Zulu ukhuluma isiNgisi na?, ukhuluma isiZulu na?
- ukhuluma isiNgisi na?do you speak English? (English specifically)
- ukhuluma isiZulu na?do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)
Cite this entry
do you speak English. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20you%20speak%20English
“do you speak English.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20you%20speak%20English. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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