<p>In this setting, I would go for:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是<strong>我能做到的</strong>。<br />
I think studying Chinese is not easy, but <strong>I can do it</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It's a variant on the standard phrase 你能做到的 = &quot;you can do it!&quot; (<a href="https://dict.youdao.com/example/%E4%BD%A0%E8%83%BD%E5%81%9A%E5%88%B0%E7%9A%84" rel="noreferrer">example sentences</a>), which is encountered regularly.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%81%9A%E5%88%B0" rel="noreferrer">CC-CEDICT</a>: 做到 (zuò​dào​) to accomplish / to achieve</p>
</blockquote>
<p>You've already said 学 once, so it's somewhat repetitive to say it a second time.</p>

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<ul>
<li><p>会 = would</p>
</li>
<li><p>能 = able to; can</p>
</li>
<li><p>可以 = willing to; allowed to; can</p>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>Both 能 and 可以 can be translated as &quot;can&quot; but &quot;can&quot; itself has different implications.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （<strong>会</strong>）学。 I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I (<strong>will</strong>) learn it -- <em>I will learn it despite the difficulty</em></p>
<p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （<strong>能</strong>）学。 I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I (<strong>can</strong>) learn it -- <em>I have the ability to overcome the difficulty</em></p>
<p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （<strong>可以</strong>）学。 I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I (<strong>can</strong>) learn it -- <em>I am willing to learn it</em></p>
<p>More example:</p>
<p>我会幫你修理電脑 - I will repair your computer</p>
<p>我是有执照的电脑维修工, 我能幫你修理電脑 - I am a licensed computer repairman,  I can repair your computer (I have the ability)</p>
<p>我是有执照的电脑维修工, 我可以幫你修理電脑 - I am a licensed computer repairman, I can repair your computer (I am allowed/ I have the ability)</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>To be honest, you can use all these words: <code>会、可以、能</code></p>
<p>But these words has its own suitable context and indicates different desires. You can try to expand the original sentences, which may help for your understanding. let me show you how to expanding it:</p>
<p>First of all, <code>我觉得学汉语不容易</code> shows that learning Chinese is not easy.</p>
<ol>
<li>但是我会学。</li>
</ol>
<p><code>但是我会学</code> shows that you <strong>will</strong> do it. <code>会</code> may have two kinds of meanings:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>You will spend your time and effort to do(learn) it, in Chinese is <code>但是我会去学</code></p>
</li>
<li><p>You have the ability to learn it, which describes you are confident with your self-teaching ability, which in Chinese is <code>但是我会学习</code></p>
</li>
</ul>
<ol start="2">
<li>但是我可以学。</li>
</ol>
<p><code>但是我可以学</code> shows that you <strong>can</strong> do it, you just won't right now, but you can spend time and effort to learn it, which in Chinese is <code>我只是现在不会，但是我可以学</code></p>
<ol start="3">
<li>但是我能学。</li>
</ol>
<p><code>但是我能学</code> shows that you <strong>are able to</strong> do it, it indicates that you have the confidence to learn it, which in Chinese is <code>但是我能学会</code></p>
<p>This is my sentence expanding, hoping it can help you understanding.</p>

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LiaoGuoYin
<p>I'll not explain the meanings, only what each word feels to me as a native speaker.</p>
<ul>
<li>但我<strong>会</strong>学 sounds like you are making a commitment and you are willing to invest time to learn</li>
<li>但我<strong>能</strong>学 doesn't make much sense in this situation, more like you want to argue that you are indeed able to learn</li>
<li>但我<strong>可以</strong>学 is simillar to <strong>能</strong>学</li>
</ul>
<p>I would suggest use 但我能办得到 for &quot;but I can do it&quot;</p>

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Lightman Zheng
<p>Maybe it is not a problem with usage of &quot;会/能/可以&quot;. As a native speaker, I think that it may be much more coherent if you make it explicit whether you are expressing confidence or stating facts. For instance, translating &quot;I feel that learning Chinese isn't easy, but I can do it&quot;, my first thoughts are:</p>
<ul>
<li>我觉得学习汉语不容易，但<em>我相信</em>我可以做到。</li>
<li>我觉得学习汉语不容易，但<em>我相信</em>我能够做到。</li>
<li>我觉得学习汉语不容易，但<em>我相信</em>我会做到的。</li>
</ul>
<p>All the three sound fine to me: &quot;I feel that learning Chinese isn't easy, but <em>I believe that</em> I can do it.&quot;</p>
<p>The difference between translations with &quot;我相信&quot; and those without is that listeners will tend to interpret the latter ones as <em>facts</em>, which may confuse people since you are expressing your confidence.</p>
<hr>
<p>Also, as is explained by Tang Ho, &quot;可以&quot; expresses your willingness to do something. I want to add a bit to the common phrase &quot;但我可以&quot;.</p>
<p>&quot;但我可以……&quot; is very much used to offer a way to <em>compensate</em> for some inability.
I feel &quot;我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我可以学&quot; is a bit strange, since I am expecting, for example, &quot;我不会说汉语，但我可以学&quot; (I cannot speak Chinese (the inability), but I am willing to learn (to try to compensate for my inability)).</p>

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Really interesting perspective! However, it is a little confusing what you mean by "confident language". Could you edit your answer to explain that a little more clearly?
Buddy L
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Kana
<p>As native speaker, I choose to use &quot;可以&quot;.</p>
<p>&quot;会&quot; is like &quot;will&quot; , “能” is like &quot;can&quot;, “可以” is like &quot;able to&quot;. But I am not 100% sure, hope someone could explain more.</p>

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这里面突兀的是『学汉语』，而不是其他副词。“你觉得莉莉怎么样”就完全不突兀。区别只是『学汉语』作宾语很突兀，名词和代词就一点问题没有。
George Y
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I am also a native mandarin speaker (mainland). I feel "你觉得学汉语怎么样" is rather unnatural. (See my answer in this thread). Do you think it's natural to say this way for the intended meaning?
ALife
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hanyuwei70
<ul>
<li><code>我能学</code> means <code>I can learn</code>.</li>
<li><code>我可以学</code> and <code>我能学</code> are identical.</li>
<li><code>我会学</code> generally means <code>I will learn</code>, but if someone says <code>我自己会学，不用你教我</code> (means <code>I can learn by myself, do not need you to teach me.</code>), the <code>会</code> means <code>can</code> (or <code>be able to</code>) here, is identical to <code>可以</code> and <code>能</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Specially,<code>我会做某事</code> can be translated to either <code>I can do something</code> or <code>I will do something</code> in different contexts.</p>

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Melina
<p>Similar to the English convention to replace &quot;can&quot; with &quot;could&quot;, and &quot;will&quot; with &quot;would&quot;, single character verb in Chinese express strong feeling. Note the difference in feeling:</p>
<p>“之前是没有学过汉语，但是我可以学。”</p>
<p>“虽然觉得学汉语不容易，但是我能学。”</p>
<p>“学习汉语对我太难了，但是我会学下去！”</p>

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George Y
<p>你觉得学汉语怎么样？- How you feel study Chinese?</p>
<p>会 means &quot;will&quot;; 能 and 可以 both mean &quot;can/able&quot;. The choice of which word to use is indicated in the sentences below:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我<strong>会</strong>努力的去学。- It's not easy, but <strong>I'll</strong> put up the effort <strong>to learn</strong>.</p>
</li>
<li><p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我<strong>能</strong>堅持的學下去。- It's not easy, but I <strong>can</strong> continue on <strong>learning</strong>.</p>
</li>
<li><p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我<strong>可以</strong>慢慢的学。- It's not easy, but I <strong>can</strong> <strong>slowly learn</strong>.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Note the compliment word/phrase associated with 会, 能, and 可以.</p>

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r13
<p>&quot;can&quot; is best in this sentence</p>

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shen deng
<p>First of all, I do not think &quot;你觉得学汉语怎么样？&quot; is what I would hear from a native (mainland) mandarin speakers intending to say &quot;do you feel learning Chinese easy?&quot; I would say &quot;你觉得汉语好学吗？&quot; for such meaning.  I may hear &quot;你觉得学汉语怎么样？&quot; or &quot;你觉得选(学)汉语怎么样？&quot; for the intended meaning of &quot;What do you think about choosing Chinese to learn&quot;.</p>
<p>Secondly, regarding the first half of your proposed answer &quot;我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （会/能/可以）学。&quot;, it's different from &quot;我觉得<strong>学好</strong>汉语不容易&quot; or &quot;我觉得<strong>学会</strong>汉语不容易&quot;. The former &quot;学汉语&quot; means &quot;learn&quot;, while the latter &quot;学会汉语/学好汉语&quot; means &quot;grasp/master/know well&quot;. The difference is similar to the difference between &quot;look/see&quot; or &quot;listen/hear&quot;. (is there any such &quot;learn/?&quot; pair in English?)</p>
<p>So the natural conversion will be like:</p>
<ol>
<li>你觉得(选)学汉语怎么样？-- 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我(还是)<strong>会</strong>(去)学/选。</li>
</ol>
<p>What do you think about choosing to learn Chinese? -- I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I will take/choose/learn Chinese (anyway).</p>
<ol start="2">
<li>你觉得汉语好学吗？ -- 我觉得学好汉语不容易/我觉得汉语不好学，但是我<strong>能</strong>学好。</li>
</ol>
<p>Do you feel learning/mastering Chinese easy? -- I do not think so, but I believe I can learn it.</p>
<p>For the first case, &quot;能&quot; is not appropriate, since there is not a goal to achieve. Depending on the context, you may use &quot;可以&quot; in this case, but it has a different emphasis/implication (in the sense of may/may not).</p>
<p>For the second case, you may replace &quot;能&quot; by &quot;会&quot; with similar meaning, but using &quot;能&quot; is more clear. Here &quot;会&quot; means &quot;will&quot;, and strictly speaking, you cannot tell for sure whether you &quot;will&quot; learn Chinese well or &quot;will not&quot;, but you probably can still use &quot;will&quot; to indicate that's your belief. Using &quot;可以&quot; in this case is probably ok, in the sense of &quot;will&quot; showing your belief, but it's probably even less appropriate than &quot;会&quot;.</p>
<p>So in summary, you were probably asking about case 2) above, and in this case, all of 能/会/可以 probably will deliver the intended meaning but &quot;能&quot; is probably the best with the least ambiguity.</p>

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@LiaoGuoYin's answer showed the potential ambiguity of "我会学", which is right, so to avoid the ambiguity, it's better to keey the "去" in "我会(去)学" in my answer above.
ALife
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Also for the subtle difference among 会/能/可以 in this case (case 2), @Tang Ho's answer gave a very good explanation and their implications, i.e., 会--"will", 能--“have the ability to", 可以--"am willing to".
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ALife
<p>The question I was given is</p>
<blockquote>
<p>你觉得学汉语怎么样？</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I want to say</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I feel that learning Chinese isn't easy, but I can do it.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So far, I've written</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （会/能/可以）学。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>but I'm not sure if I should use “可以”，“会”，or “能”.</p>

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It's a common question; see [How do I decide whether to use 可以, 会 or 能?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/253/8099), plus its duplicates.
Becky 李蓓
<translation><word-choice>
Which is best to use in 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （会/能/可以）学?
# Which is best to use in 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （会/能/可以）学?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-01)

The question I was given is

> 你觉得学汉语怎么样？

I want to say

> I feel that learning Chinese isn't easy, but I can do it.

So far, I've written

> 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （会/能/可以）学。

but I'm not sure if I should use “可以”，“会”，or “能”.

**Tags:** translation, word-choice

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's a common question; see [How do I decide whether to use 可以, 会 or 能?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/253/8099), plus its duplicates.  

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## 11 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-06-01. Score: 10

In this setting, I would go for:

> 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是**我能做到的**。  
> I think studying Chinese is not easy, but **I can do it**.

It's a variant on the standard phrase 你能做到的 = "you can do it!" ([example sentences](https://dict.youdao.com/example/%E4%BD%A0%E8%83%BD%E5%81%9A%E5%88%B0%E7%9A%84)), which is encountered regularly.

> [CC-CEDICT](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%81%9A%E5%88%B0): 做到 (zuò​dào​) to accomplish / to achieve

You've already said 学 once, so it's somewhat repetitive to say it a second time.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-06-01. Score: 8

* 会 = would
* 能 = able to; can
* 可以 = willing to; allowed to; can

> Both 能 and 可以 can be translated as "can" but "can" itself has different implications.

我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （**会**）学。 I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I (**will**) learn it -- *I will learn it despite the difficulty*

我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （**能**）学。 I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I (**can**) learn it -- *I have the ability to overcome the difficulty*

我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （**可以**）学。 I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I (**can**) learn it -- *I am willing to learn it*

More example:

我会幫你修理電脑 - I will repair your computer

我是有执照的电脑维修工, 我能幫你修理電脑 - I am a licensed computer repairman, I can repair your computer (I have the ability)

我是有执照的电脑维修工, 我可以幫你修理電脑 - I am a licensed computer repairman, I can repair your computer (I am allowed/ I have the ability)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-06-02. Score: 5

To be honest, you can use all these words: `会、可以、能`

But these words has its own suitable context and indicates different desires. You can try to expand the original sentences, which may help for your understanding. let me show you how to expanding it:

First of all, `我觉得学汉语不容易` shows that learning Chinese is not easy.

1. 但是我会学。

`但是我会学` shows that you **will** do it. `会` may have two kinds of meanings:

* You will spend your time and effort to do(learn) it, in Chinese is `但是我会去学`
* You have the ability to learn it, which describes you are confident with your self-teaching ability, which in Chinese is `但是我会学习`

2. 但是我可以学。

`但是我可以学` shows that you **can** do it, you just won't right now, but you can spend time and effort to learn it, which in Chinese is `我只是现在不会，但是我可以学`

3. 但是我能学。

`但是我能学` shows that you **are able to** do it, it indicates that you have the confidence to learn it, which in Chinese is `但是我能学会`

This is my sentence expanding, hoping it can help you understanding.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2022-06-02. Score: 2

I'll not explain the meanings, only what each word feels to me as a native speaker.

* 但我**会**学 sounds like you are making a commitment and you are willing to invest time to learn
* 但我**能**学 doesn't make much sense in this situation, more like you want to argue that you are indeed able to learn
* 但我**可以**学 is simillar to **能**学

I would suggest use 但我能办得到 for "but I can do it"


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### Answer by username_5 on 2022-06-02. Score: 2

Maybe it is not a problem with usage of "会/能/可以". As a native speaker, I think that it may be much more coherent if you make it explicit whether you are expressing confidence or stating facts. For instance, translating "I feel that learning Chinese isn't easy, but I can do it", my first thoughts are:

* 我觉得学习汉语不容易，但*我相信*我可以做到。
* 我觉得学习汉语不容易，但*我相信*我能够做到。
* 我觉得学习汉语不容易，但*我相信*我会做到的。

All the three sound fine to me: "I feel that learning Chinese isn't easy, but *I believe that* I can do it."

The difference between translations with "我相信" and those without is that listeners will tend to interpret the latter ones as *facts*, which may confuse people since you are expressing your confidence.

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Also, as is explained by username_2 Ho, "可以" expresses your willingness to do something. I want to add a bit to the common phrase "但我可以".

"但我可以……" is very much used to offer a way to *compensate* for some inability.
I feel "我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我可以学" is a bit strange, since I am expecting, for example, "我不会说汉语，但我可以学" (I cannot speak Chinese (the inability), but I am willing to learn (to try to compensate for my inability)).

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: Really interesting perspective! However, it is a little confusing what you mean by "confident language". Could you edit your answer to explain that a little more clearly?  

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### Answer by username_7 on 2022-06-01. Score: 2

As native speaker, I choose to use "可以".

"会" is like "will" , “能” is like "can", “可以” is like "able to". But I am not 100% sure, hope someone could explain more.

> **Comments:**
> **username_9**: I am also a native mandarin speaker (mainland). I feel "你觉得学汉语怎么样" is rather unnatural. (See my answer in this thread). Do you think it's natural to say this way for the intended meaning?  
> **username_8**: 这里面突兀的是『学汉语』，而不是其他副词。“你觉得莉莉怎么样”就完全不突兀。区别只是『学汉语』作宾语很突兀，名词和代词就一点问题没有。  

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### Answer by username_10 on 2022-06-03. Score: 2

* `我能学` means `I can learn`.
* `我可以学` and `我能学` are identical.
* `我会学` generally means `I will learn`, but if someone says `我自己会学，不用你教我` (means `I can learn by myself, do not need you to teach me.`), the `会` means `can` (or `be able to`) here, is identical to `可以` and `能`.

Specially,`我会做某事` can be translated to either `I can do something` or `I will do something` in different contexts.


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### Answer by username_8 on 2022-06-22. Score: 1

Similar to the English convention to replace "can" with "could", and "will" with "would", single character verb in Chinese express strong feeling. Note the difference in feeling:

“之前是没有学过汉语，但是我可以学。”

“虽然觉得学汉语不容易，但是我能学。”

“学习汉语对我太难了，但是我会学下去！”


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### Answer by username_11 on 2022-06-01. Score: 1

你觉得学汉语怎么样？- How you feel study Chinese?

会 means "will"; 能 and 可以 both mean "can/able". The choice of which word to use is indicated in the sentences below:

* 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我**会**努力的去学。- It's not easy, but **I'll** put up the effort **to learn**.
* 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我**能**堅持的學下去。- It's not easy, but I **can** continue on **learning**.
* 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我**可以**慢慢的学。- It's not easy, but I **can** **slowly learn**.

Note the compliment word/phrase associated with 会, 能, and 可以.


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### Answer by username_12 on 2022-06-02. Score: 1

"can" is best in this sentence


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### Answer by username_9 on 2022-06-02. Score: 1

First of all, I do not think "你觉得学汉语怎么样？" is what I would hear from a native (mainland) mandarin speakers intending to say "do you feel learning Chinese easy?" I would say "你觉得汉语好学吗？" for such meaning. I may hear "你觉得学汉语怎么样？" or "你觉得选(学)汉语怎么样？" for the intended meaning of "What do you think about choosing Chinese to learn".

Secondly, regarding the first half of your proposed answer "我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我 （会/能/可以）学。", it's different from "我觉得**学好**汉语不容易" or "我觉得**学会**汉语不容易". The former "学汉语" means "learn", while the latter "学会汉语/学好汉语" means "grasp/master/know well". The difference is similar to the difference between "look/see" or "listen/hear". (is there any such "learn/?" pair in English?)

So the natural conversion will be like:

1. 你觉得(选)学汉语怎么样？-- 我觉得学汉语不容易，但是我(还是)**会**(去)学/选。

What do you think about choosing to learn Chinese? -- I think learning Chinese is not easy, but I will take/choose/learn Chinese (anyway).

2. 你觉得汉语好学吗？ -- 我觉得学好汉语不容易/我觉得汉语不好学，但是我**能**学好。

Do you feel learning/mastering Chinese easy? -- I do not think so, but I believe I can learn it.

For the first case, "能" is not appropriate, since there is not a goal to achieve. Depending on the context, you may use "可以" in this case, but it has a different emphasis/implication (in the sense of may/may not).

For the second case, you may replace "能" by "会" with similar meaning, but using "能" is more clear. Here "会" means "will", and strictly speaking, you cannot tell for sure whether you "will" learn Chinese well or "will not", but you probably can still use "will" to indicate that's your belief. Using "可以" in this case is probably ok, in the sense of "will" showing your belief, but it's probably even less appropriate than "会".

So in summary, you were probably asking about case 2) above, and in this case, all of 能/会/可以 probably will deliver the intended meaning but "能" is probably the best with the least ambiguity.

> **Comments:**
> **username_9**: @username_3's answer showed the potential ambiguity of "我会学", which is right, so to avoid the ambiguity, it's better to keey the "去" in "我会(去)学" in my answer above.  
> **username_9**: Also for the subtle difference among 会/能/可以 in this case (case 2), @username_2's answer gave a very good explanation and their implications, i.e., 会--"will", 能--“have the ability to", 可以--"am willing to".  

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