我父亲会游泳但我母亲不会。

My father can swim, but my mother can't.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 父亲 fùqīn
  1. father
  2. also pr. fùqin

classifier: 個
=3 会 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=3 会 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=4 游泳 yóuyǒng
  1. swimming
  2. to swim
=4 游泳 yóuyǒng misspelling of 游泳 (yóuyǒng)
5 但 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
6 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
7 母亲 mǔqīn
  1. mother
  2. also pr. mǔqin

classifier: 個
8 不会 bùhuì
  1. improbable
  2. unlikely
  3. will not (act, happen etc)
  4. not able
  5. not having learned to do sth
  6. (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it
  7. not at all