第十七天

[nnozomi]

Continuing with the 能，会，可以 theme, today is 会 for being able to do something as a learned skill. Please see the two previous posts for more detail on this thanks to wonderful commenters!

https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_a_learned_skill_with_%22hui%22

Guardian:
ZYL：黑老哥，还演呢。除非你会那个什么消除记忆，把我的记忆消除了。
SW：你怎么知道我不会呢？
(Zhao Yunlan: Hei lao-ge, still pretending. Unless you can erase memories, erase mine. Shen Wei: How do you know I can't? [thereby answering my question about whether Shen Wei's powers use 能 or 会...])

My practice:
我不会写汉字（我写的汉字好像小学生的）。
林楠笙会说日语。(good grief, why does my computer know the 汉子 for Lin Nansheng)
学习中文不容易，但如果继续好好努力我们会的！

Comments

[trobadora]

Going back to that article, I guess that means you could end up with a situation where (不)能 could refer to temporary loss of ability and/or regaining ability afterward.

That's what I was thinking too! Or discussing limits to his powers - what exactly he can do with any given power he knows.

[nnozomi]

Or discussing limits to his powers - what exactly he can do with any given power he knows.
I suspect this is wrong on my part, but I also feel like, because Shen Wei's specific powers are by definition learned skills, he should use 能 for his basic power and 会 for what he picked up with it--沈巍他能学习能量，然后会用学过的能量？？？。

[trobadora]

That sounds plausible to me too!

[presumenothing]

Minor correction on vocab – 能量 is for energy! Both IRL and in-series 黑能量.

Generally I'd use 能力 for abilities (so same as Japanese) and maybe 超能 for superpowers. 异能 is the specific term used for Dixing abilities, with convenient emphasis on their Alien Origins™…