起初，他不会说英语。起初，他不會說英語。起初，他不會説英語。

At first, he could not speak English at all.

Simplified: 起初，他不会说英语。
Traditional (Taiwan): 起初，他不會說英語。
Traditional (Hong Kong): 起初，他不會説英語。
Pinyin: Qǐchū, tā búhuì shuō Yīngyǔ.
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ，ㄊㄚㄅㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄛㄧㄥㄩˇ。

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by Martha, with the English translation by CM. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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