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Dear teachers,

I am a Malay girl in Malaysia. I have heard my boss say such words as below.

Question 1:

Can you make yourself understood in French?

Is the sentence above an another way of asking "Do you understand French words?"

Question 2:

Some of us speak English. Others can speak French.

I have tried to rephrase the above into one compound sentence, just like:

Some of us speak English; others French.

Could I leave out the verbs in the second part of the compound sentence, because they are the same as the verbs in the first part of the compound sentence.

I am much obliged to you for your help.

Thanks.

Kostie · Accepted Answer

Hello there!

The first one is another way of asking ''Are you good enough in French, that someone also speaking French can understant you?''

You can do that in the second one, write it this way:
''Some of us speak English, others French."

(But in general, this sounds better in speaking and not in writting)

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