會 — Auxiliary before a verb: have the learned skill to do it, picked up by training or practice.

grammar → 會

TSUMUGU · TBCL 2 (est.) · 語法

會 grammar point · tier 1 · 會 — know how to (a learned skill)

· huì

Auxiliary before a verb: have the learned skill to do it, picked up by training or practice.

Hook inherited from 會.

Auxiliary before a verb

框 · Frame

[subj] 會 [verb (+ obj)]

觸 · Trigger

You want to say someone has learned to do something and can now do it.

序 · The move

1name the doer and the skill verbis this a skill picked up by training, not a one-off possibility?

2set 會 directly before the verbcould 能 fit better — raw capacity or permission rather than know-how?

3negate with 不會, never 沒會is the skill being denied as a standing state, not as an uncompleted act?

例 · Examples

1你會know how to (learned skill)不會開車drive a car？

Do you know how to drive?

界 · Boundary

會1

會2 is a learned skill that fits the hand now (我會游泳 — I can swim). 會1 reads the odds of a future event (明天會下雨 — it'll probably rain). Same graph: 會2 faces a trained ability, 會1 faces a likely outcome.

能

會 is know-how acquired by learning (我會開車 — I learned to drive). 能 is raw capacity or permission in the moment (我喝了酒，不能開車 — I drank, so I can't drive). 會 asks whether you ever learned; 能 asks whether you may or are able right now.

negating with 沒: 我沒會游泳 → 我不會游泳

using 能 for a learned skill: 我能說中文 → 我會說中文

using 會 for in-the-moment ability: 太晚了，我會回家嗎 → 太晚了，我能回家嗎

English 'can' covers learned skill, raw ability, and permission with one word, so learners reach for 會 where 能 is wanted, or for 能 where 會 names a trained skill.