speak
🇺🇸
/spiːk/
🇬🇧
/spiːk/
to have a conversation with someone
Can I speak with you for a minute?
1分だけあなたと話せますか?
to use your voice to express something
He speaks with a Scottish accent.
彼はスコットランドのアクセントで話します。
to be able to use a language
Do you speak English?
英語を話せますか?
to express yourself in a language
What language are they speaking in?
彼らはどの言語で話していますか?
referring to people who speak a certain language
French-speaking Canada
フランス語を話すカナダ
to mention or talk about something/someone
Her students speak very highly of her.
彼女の学生は彼女について非常に高く評価しています。
to give a speech to an audience
She spoke in favour of the new tax.
彼女は新しい税に賛成しました。
to say something
He spoke the final words of the play.
彼は劇の最後の言葉を述べました。