able to speak

capable de parler

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capable de parler S’emploie pour exprimer la capacité de parler une langue ou de parler à quelqu’un.
EN: I thought you were able to speak French.
FR: Je pensais que tu étais capable de parler français.

Her dream was to be able to speak French fluently.

Son rêve était de pouvoir parler français couramment.

I thought that you were able to speak French.

Je croyais que vous parliez français.

Are you able to speak more than two languages?

Parlez-vous plus de deux langues ?

Is Tom able to speak French?

Tom parle-t-il français ?

How come you're able to speak this language?

Comment ça se fait que tu parles cette langue ?

John is not able to speak French well.

John ne parle pas bien le français.

I want to be able to speak English.

Je veux pouvoir parler anglais.

Tom is able to speak French.

Tom parle couramment français.

Is Arnold Schwarzenegger still able to speak German?

Arnold Schwarzenegger parle-t-il encore allemand ?

He is said to be able to speak without using notes.

On dit qu’il est capable de parler sans notes.

I'm able to speak.

Je suis capable de parler.

Aren't you able to speak French?

Tu ne sais pas parler français ?

I'm not able to speak so fast.

Je n’arrive pas à parler si vite.

He is able to speak Japanese.

Il parle couramment japonais.

I want to be able to speak Russian fluently.

Je veux pouvoir parler couramment le russe.

Jorge is able to speak four languages.

Jorge parle couramment quatre langues.

She wasn't able to speak English in real life.

Elle n’était pas capable de parler anglais dans la vie réelle.

Tom seems to be able to speak French fairly well.

Tom semble parler assez bien le français.

It was lucky I was able to speak to Tom before he left for Boston.

J’ai eu de la chance de pouvoir parler à Tom avant qu’il ne parte pour Boston.

I am studying with the purpose of being able to speak Quechua.

J’étudie dans le but de pouvoir parler quechua.

He woke up and was able to speak.

Il s’est réveillé et a pu parler.

Are you not able to speak English?

Vous ne parlez pas anglais ?

I want to be able to speak French like a native speaker.

Je veux pouvoir parler français comme un locuteur natif.

I thought you were able to speak French.

Je croyais que vous parliez français.