Knowing how to with 会

Structure Subject + 会 + Verb

会 (huì) expresses a LEARNED skill: knowing how to do something because you studied or practised it (speaking a language, cooking, swimming). Negate with 不会. 会 also predicts the future: 明天会下雨 ("it will rain tomorrow"). For "can" in the sense of permission or circumstance you use 能/可以, not 会.

Examples

我wǒ会huì说shuō中zhōng文wén。
I can speak Chinese.
他tā不bù会huì做zuò饭fàn。
He can’t cook.
明míng天tiān会huì下xià雨yǔ。
It will rain tomorrow.

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