make oneself understood

[Tapies]

Hi,

You can speak French and you can speak to French people and understand them in French.
So, can I say: You can make yourself understood in French. ? Is this correct?

Couldn't be this expressed by a shorter way?
(Couldn't be this expressed shorter way? - sounds to me better; ?)


Thanks a lot,
T.

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P.S. Will you please point out to any mistake I have made in this message? Thank you.

[Offroad]

[Not a teacher]

I see no error.

Let me make myself understood/clear...

[Raymott]

Couldn't be this expressed by a shorter way?
(Couldn't be this expressed shorter way? - sounds to me better; ?)

Couldn't this be expressed in a shorter way?
(Couldn't we put this more simply?)

[konungursvia]

You can also say you "get by in French" which means the same thing as se faire comprendre.