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How do you say "What can't you do?" in Russian?
Что ты не умеешь делать?
Čto ty ne umeešʹ delatʹ?
In Russian, "What can't you do?" is Что ты не умеешь делать?.
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Pronunciation
SHTO ty ne uh-MEE-esh' dih-LAHT'. Stress on umeeš and delatʹ.
Writing and usage
Adding 'ne' before umeeš makes it negative.
Example sentence
Что ты не умеешь делать?
What can't you do?
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How to remember Что ты не умеешь делать?
What can't you do? You cannot do it.
Related words
- What don't you want? Что ты не хочешь? Čto ty ne hočešʹ?
- What is the temperature? Какая температура? Kakaja temperatura?
- What is the temperature on Saturday? Какая температура в субботу? Kakaja temperatura v subbotu?
- What is the temperature on Thursday? Какая температура в четверг? Kakaja temperatura v četverg?
- What is the weather on Monday? Какая погода в понедельник? Kakaja pogoda v ponedelʹnik?
- What is the weather on Saturday? Какая погода в субботу? Kakaja pogoda v subbotu?
- What is your personality? Какова твоя личность? Kakova tvoja ličnostʹ?
- Where are you from? Откуда ты? Otkuda ty?
- Who is your best friend? Кто твой лучший друг? Kto tvoj lučšij drug?
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Questions about Что ты не умеешь делать?
How do you say "What can't you do?" in Russian?
In Russian, "What can't you do?" is Что ты не умеешь делать?. It is a noun.
How is Что ты не умеешь делать? written in Russian?
Adding 'ne' before umeeš makes it negative.
How is Что ты не умеешь делать? used in a sentence?
Use Что ты не умеешь делать? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Что ты не умеешь делать? (What can't you do?).
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"What can't you do?" in other languages
- Japanese できないことは何ですか？ (dekinai koto wa nan desu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 할 수 없어요? (mueoseul hal su eopsseoyo?)
- Chinese 你不能做什么? (nǐ bù néng zuò shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu ne peux pas faire ?
- German Was kannst du nicht tun?
- Italian Cosa non sai fare?
- Greek Τι δεν μπορείς να κάνεις; (ti dhen boris na kanis)
- Arabic أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟ (inta mish mumkin 'tiAmil 'ieeh)
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