how do you say"do you speak english" in spanish.?

Question

do you speak english. i know a little spanish. but not alot can you help?

and i am not mexican i am asian (that is why i can only speak a little)

Answer 1

Hable englase?

Answer 2

Formal:
¿Habla ingles?
(pronounced abla in-gles)

Informal:
¿Hablas ingles?
(pronounced ablas in-gles)

Plural:
¿Hablan ingles?
(pronounced ablan in-gles)

Generally the formal version is safer if you're not sure with to use, but in many place, particularly in much of Latin America, people primarly use the infomal version, even if they're talking to a complete stranger. You'd also want to use the informal version if you're talking to a child (who's significantly younger than you), or if you're still a kid, if you're talking to someone your own age. If you're a kid talking to an adult you've never met, you'd probably want to use the informal tense, but when I was in Mexico last summer I noted that even young kids talking to adults they'd never met used the informal tense. Either way, you're not going to offend anyone by using the wrong tense, especially since they'll know you're not a native speaker.

You'd use the plural tense if you were talking to more than one person. In Spain there's also an informal plural tense, but it's not used at all in most of Latin America, and since I don't remember the verb ending, I didn't list it. I'm having trouble imagining a senario you'd want to use the plural when asking someone if they speak English, but if for some reason you were asking it to a group of people, that would be the one to use.

Answer 3

¿Habla ingles Usted?

You would want to use this form (habla) instead of hablas because habla is formal and if you have to ask if the person speaks English or not, you don't know him/her well enough to use informal tense.

Note: The H is silent.

Answer 4

Tu hablas ingles

Answer 5

Formal (strangers): Habla usted ingles?

Informal (friends and children): Hablas ingles?

Answer 6

You should say "Habla usted ingles?" if you are talking to a stranger. You would only say "Hablas ingles?" if you already knew the person whom you were asking, and that is a rarity.

Answer 7

Most Mexicans are part Spanish smarty pants! Spanish & Native Indian.

Answer 8

In spanish, to say "Do you speak english?"
would be:
¿Hablas inglés?
or if talking to a well-respected person:
¿Usted hablas inglés?
it is pronounced just how it looks

Answer 9

?hablas ingles? yo hablas un poco en espanol,pero no mucho. Puedes ayuda me?

Answer 10

informal= ?Hablas ingles?

formal=?Habla ingles?

** The h is silent.

Answer 11

You say "do you speak english?" in english.. If they speak englis they will respond in english.. if they dont you'll get a puzzled look and maybe a ?Que as a response.. either way you have your answer to your question.