Japanese

Verb

話す ‎(intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana はなす, romaji hanasu)

1. (transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse
2. to speak (a language)

   アイスランドではアイスランド語 (ご)を話 (はな)します。

   Aisurando de wa aisurando-go o hanashimasu.

   They speak Icelandic in Iceland.

Synonyms

• (speak, talk): 喋 (しゃべ)る ‎(shaberu)

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3