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"I do not speak French" versus "I do not know how to speak French". Both are correct, though only the latter clarifies not speaking the language because they do not understand it, rather than purely out of spite. So in this specific case, the former could be used as a subtle FU.
Wouldnt "je ne sais pas parler francais" be more of a "i dont know speak french"? Like, sounding more gramatically broken?
The 'parler' is in an unconjugated form, i read that like its some broken form hehe
From what I can find and from what I know, it is grammatically correct however French is not my first language. As an English speaker I would probably go "parler le français"
That would mean "speaking the French", so while incorrect, I'm sure people would get what you would be trying to say.
Ok that's what I thought thinking back on it. I don't use french often enough to really be certain all the time
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