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Not all Indonesian people can speak English. It’s because every people has different interest in the field of language, but it doesn’t mean Indonesian people absolutely no English. Not infrequently some Indonesians use English in their daily lives. Even some schools in Indonesia have their students speak English as long as they are in the school environment.
English is a very important language because it’s an international language where English is easily found wherever we are especially in technology. Sometimes foreigners who can’t speak Indonesian will ask that person first whether that person can speak English or not. In this article, we will discuss how to ask whether the person can speak English in Indonesian.
Here are the examples of how to say “Do You Speak English” in Indonesian in sentence:
- Hai, kamu bisa berbahasa Inggris tidak? (Hi, do you speak English?)
- Maaf sebelumnya, apakah kamu bisa berbicara dengan bahasa Inggris? (Sorry, can you speak English?)
- Sebelum dilanjutkan, apakah kamu berbahasa Inggris? (Before continuing, do you speak English?)
The phrase “do you speak English” is always at the end of the sentence because it’s a question sentence. And to get an answer from someone who was asked between yes or no as a sign that the conversation could continue or not.
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The question “do you speak English” can also be said at the beginning of the sentence and continue with the reason why the question was asked. As in the example below:
- Kamu bisa bahasa Inggris? Maaf, karena saya tidak bisa berbahasa Indonesia. (Can you speak English? Sorry, because I can’t speak Indonesian.)
These questions will often be found in places where there are many tourists. The sentence “do you –” the same as “can you –” which means the same “apakah kamu bisa –” in Indonesian. All of these sentences are question sentences asked to ask whether the person can do what is being questioned. You may also wanna know about Indonesian greeting etiquette
Other phrases of “Apakah kamu bisa –“ in Indonesian :
- Apakah kamu bisa berbicara bahasa asing? (Can you speak foreign languages?)
- Hey, apakah kamu bisa membantuku? (Hey, can you help me, please?)
- Kamu berbahasa Inggris? Karena disini tidak hanya berbicara bahasa Indonesia. (Do you speak English? Because here not only speak Indonesian.)
As for sentences that mean the same as “do you –“, “can you –” or “apakah kamu –” in Indonesian. the word “apakah” can also be used to ask other questions such as asking for news or asking what activities are done.
As for the sentence “apakah” in Indonesian as the example below:
- Apakah kamu tidak ke sekolah? (Are you not going to school?)
- Apa yang sedang kamu lakukan sekarang? (What are you doing now?)
- Hai, apa kabar? (Hai, how are you?)
Those were some phrase how to say “do you speak English” in Indonesian. Hopefully, this article easy to understand and provide useful knowledge of learning Indonesian. See you!