So why you can't speak English out?

[GoodTaste]

Does in this context "So why you can't speak English out?" work? Should it be "So why can't you speak English out?"?

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(Here's a Chinese guy talking about how to learn English on Chinese version of TikTok)

So why you can't speak English out?
Because you spend a lot of time on memorizing vocabulary and grammar. Hey, guys, trust me, it's useless. Because after that you'll realize that you gonna forget them, OK? So if you really want to speak English out, you have to master some useful sentence structures.

 

[tedmc]

Does in this context "So why you can't speak English out?" work? Should it be "So why can't you speak English out?"?

Your quoted text is different from the original.

"Speak English out" is wrong. "Speak out" is an idiom which means something else.

 

[GoodTaste]

"Speak English out" is wrong. "Speak out" is an idiom which means something else.

Yeah, it seems that only "speak it out" works.

"Speak out something like English" is a structure mostly recommended.

But let's see what will native English speakers coment - whether the form of "speak English out" is acceptable.

 

[GoodTaste]

Do not try to learn English from that person.

Could you edit "So why you can't speak English out?" into a proper English sentence?

 

[Raymott]

It can't be edited, because it's meaningless. You'd have to know what the speaker meant.

"Why can't you confidently speak English out loud?" is my guess at the intended meaning. If that is the case, why edit something that is wrong for that meaning? By the way, "out loud" is the phrase, not "English out". E.g. "Don't just think it. Say it out loud."

 

[tedmc]

I think the guy means " So you can't express yourself (orally) in English?" It was addressed to learners and that is what learners aspire to do. It is an irony.

 

[GoodTaste]

It can't be edited, because it's meaningless. You'd have to know what the speaker meant.

"Why can't you confidently speak English out loud?" is my guess at the intended meaning. If that is the case, why edit something that is wrong for that meaning? By the way, "out loud" is the phrase, not "English out". E.g. "Don't just think it. Say it out loud."

Yeah. "Speak English out" doesn't mean "orally express in English." Rather, it seems to mean "Keep speaking until that thing named English go out and vanish." I am not very sure.

 

[Rover_KE]

Agreed.

Thread closed.

 

[Tdol]

His title's rubbish, but his criticism about memorising vocab is spot-on.