What does it mean that I can speak a language?

[Maybo]

Are my underlined sentences natural?


Jo: How many languages can you speak?
Lily: What does it mean that I can speak a language?/ How do you define if someone can speak a language? I only can form simple sentences in Japanese. I don't know if it counts.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Are my underlined sentences natural?

Jo: How many languages can you speak?
Lily: What does it mean that I can speak a language?/ How do you define if someone can speak a language? I only can form simple sentences in Japanese. I don't know if it counts.

They're not bad. Other ways to say it include:

- It depends on how you define it.

- It depends on what you mean.

- Do you mean fluently?