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Sentence #2579559

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 OrangeTart OrangeTart July 10, 2013 July 10, 2013 at 2:03:02 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

hmmm

Maybe "トムはフランス語が出来た。"
is closer to
"Tom could speak french"

If the context is like:
"We visited France for the holiday but we did not have much luck in finding anything noteworthy. But that was only till Tom joined us. We went to a local pub. Tom spoke french. And ta-da, behold, all the sober faced locals were our friends in no time. "
Then, as you say "トムはフランス語が出来た。" is wrong. Should be "トムはフランス語を話した。"

But in a context like(consider Tom deceased):
"About 60 years ago when we had to go to France, I asked Tom to come with us(Tom spoke French). ..."
Then, "トムはフランス語が出来た。" seems appropriate.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2451684Tom spoke French..

トムはフランス語が出来た。

added by OrangeTart, July 9, 2013
➜ #2451684Tom spoke French.

linked by OrangeTart, July 9, 2013
➜ #2956355Tom could speak French.

linked by small_snow, July 22, 2020